tentative
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The tentative two-year agreement with the United Teachers Los Angeles would increase “salary scales by 11.65%” and raise the beginning teacher salary from about $68,000 to $77,000 per year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Most shipping companies will continue to wait and see if there is a tentative peace agreement and whether that might hold, Jensen says, and if that occurs, a slow ramping up of shipping may resume.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
But they’ve snapped back on news of the tentative cease-fire.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Investors clearly embraced a tentative cease-fire earlier this week, and they likely remain laser-focused on developments in Iran, said Ed Mills, a Washington policy analyst at Raymond James.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
She was thinner than Sefia remembered, her movements more tentative, but in that moment she almost seemed like her old self.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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