tentative
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Even with the tentative deal, both sides say the city’s sky-high costs have left them on the brink.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Two of the unions, representing teachers and administrators, reached tentative agreements over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
“The tentative pickup in existing-home sales towards the end of last year now looks like a distant memory,” said Oliver Allen, senior U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
But they’ve snapped back on news of the tentative cease-fire.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
His manner was not constrained—he had left shyness a long way behind him if he ever had any—but it was restrained: tentative, aloof.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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