skittish
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Banks may be damned by skittish investors if they do engage with private credit, and damned if they don’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
One concern for SAP is that would-be customers have become a little more skittish in an uncertain geopolitical environment.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Airlines lost booking momentum when some customers turned skittish and made other plans ahead of Thanksgiving holiday as the shutdown ground on.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026
The younger versions of Noah and Allie, callow and skittish, are laid out in broad strokes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
We’d taken him on a dozen rides through the open pasture, but he was inexperienced, skittish, unpredictable.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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