reprieve
Example Sentences
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Investors felt a slight reprieve on Friday from the riptide that’s been gathering around artificial intelligence and the stock market.
From MarketWatch
“We anticipate some short-term reprieve from the recent selling barrage,” he says in a video distributed Thursday.
From MarketWatch
The reprieve is short-lived: Voting begins on Feb. 26, when the brutal math of awards season will reassert itself, meaning roughly 80% of them will head home on Oscar night empty-handed.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet, some investors have recently piled into bets that the reprieve won’t last.
There’s some reprieve and relief in letting go, allowing someone else to take the reins.
From Salon
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