incautiously
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But he surely understood that this was an incautiously brief period of measurement, for the river’s annual flow was wildly variable, ranging from about 9.1 million to 25 million acre-feet during the 20-year sampling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“We’re incautiously optimistic—buy hot garbage,” advised none of the big investment firms a year ago in their 2025 outlooks.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Fury toward Gates for appearing to present this information incautiously or for referring to the Mayflower's passengers – colonizers – as "people who laid the foundation for this country."
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
Those dreams range from cautiously optimistic to … incautiously optimistic.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2019
Though Florence had also been indignant, years before when the slimy water entered her incautiously open mouth, she had done her best not to sputter, and she had not cried out.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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