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leery

[leer-ee] / ˈlɪər i /


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Minutes from the central bank’s December deliberations indicated officials were leery of data signaling an improvement in economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet with the rate of inflation still stuck close to 3%, top Fed officials are leery of cutting rates any more for now.

From MarketWatch

Yet with the rate of inflation still stuck close to 3%, top Fed officials are leery of cutting rates any more for now.

From MarketWatch

BYD’s lineup added smaller cars, which Europeans typically buy, as well as plug-in hybrids for consumers leery of going fully electric.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet years of fighting to get police and prosecutors to take his claims seriously made him leery.

From Los Angeles Times