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tentatively

[ten-tuh-tiv-lee] / ˈtɛn tə tɪv li /
ADVERB
experimentally
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Sixteen of the compounds were tentatively identified as flavoalkaloids, providing the first evidence that this rare class of chemicals occurs in Cannabis leaves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Global government bond yields fell as oil prices moved lower, helped by tentatively improving risk sentiment over central banks’ commitments to bring inflation back to target and growing oil flow through the Hormuz Strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Princess Ita was buried beside Princess Khenmet, while Princess Itaweret was interred alongside an unidentified woman who has tentatively been identified as Princess Sathathormeryt.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani opts out of a tentatively scheduled bullpen throwing session as he continues to experience discomfort in his left knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

And while moments before you were so close to your fellow circusgoers that you could have touched them, now you are alone as you feel your way tentatively forward through a mazelike tunnel.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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