conservatism

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Business customers have been slow to adopt artificial-intelligence tools in a systematic way, but some of that conservatism is beginning to fade.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Other analysts liked that American has already included the storm’s effects and some conservatism in its guidance for the current quarter.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Sir John Hayes, one of Braverman's oldest allies in politics, said Rael "reinforced" his wife's conservatism.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

If Salomon Brothers had exemplified early ’80s excess, Bear Stearns embodied the conservatism that followed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Was there anything about the Chinese environment predisposing toward Confucian philosophy and cultural conservatism, which may also have profoundly affected history?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond