tentativeness
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With both fighters unwilling to over-commit, Romero edged the rounds with better use of the jab, coupled with Garcia's tentativeness.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
But there’s a tentativeness to the portrayal, a watering down of the fraternal volatility that ultimately makes Booth so dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
I really do think it's more interesting at this stage because you really feel the fear and the tentativeness of the participants in a way that I don't think you'll feel later.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
The cases on Friday were less significant than the others, and the tentativeness of the two rulings demonstrated the difficulty of applying old doctrines to new technology.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
All the tentativeness, doubt, and inauthenticity that plagued him slithered away without a trace, a sound.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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