skittish
Example Sentences
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The memory market is traditionally cyclical, which is why some on Wall Street are skittish even in the face of sky-high prices for dynamic random-access memory and NAND.
From MarketWatch
“Equity markets are rightfully skittish just now, because all three factors are in play,” said Colas.
From MarketWatch
ABC as a broadcast network is held to higher standard than it's streaming partner Hulu due to oversight by the federal regulator and advertisers, who may be skittish when it comes to racy programming.
From BBC
But the details of the exposure are murky, and investors have grown skittish about banks’ connections to private credit this year.
Stories of job loss abound within the US Haitian diaspora as some employers become skittish over the uncertainty surrounding TPS.
From Barron's
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