tentative

Example Sentences

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Epigenetics is a tentative and debated area of scientific research with much still to be learned.

From BBC

As both teams prepare for follow-on negotiations, the prospects for peace remain tentative, shaped as much by continued violence and geopolitical realities as by the personalities in the Florida room.

From Salon

Wall Street stocks moved sideways early Wednesday in a tentative follow-up to a record-setting session after good US economic data.

From Barron's

Those efforts paid off this year, with a tentative truce in a trade war with the United States reached when China relaxed stringent export controls on rare earths.

From Barron's

It doesn’t look dynamic; it looks tentative, as if he’s afraid to settle into a line of thought.

From The Wall Street Journal