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hesitancy

[hez-i-tuhn-see] / ˈhɛz ɪ tən si /


NOUN
delay
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Pop-up clinics were run in community centres and faith settings as the NHS and government partnered with local community leaders to tackle hesitancy.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"It's likely that there will be a bit more hesitancy and that passengers will book their flights less far in advance," a phenomenon already seen during the Covid pandemic, Chiambaretto said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

“Their hesitancy to cut rates, I think, is actually ... quite a mark against them,” he said on CNBC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Bailey chalks this hesitancy up to education, but Motta says it’s not just that, noting that many pet parents today are well-read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

A decade of invisibility had done away with any hesitancy she might once have felt about such flagrant staring.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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