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tenuous

[ten-yoo-uhs] / ˈtɛn yu əs /


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By Thursday evening, however, Hegseth's seemingly tenuous position seemed more secure, all the more so after an inspector general report left him largely unscathed.

From BBC

Meanwhile, AI wasn’t the only reason that his job as a professor suddenly felt tenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taken together, these longstanding drivers of exceptional U.S. earnings growth look increasingly tenuous.

From Barron's

The new bill will make this argument more tenuous, as it says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable",

From BBC

Admittedly, as my quest progressed, the connections to Shelley’s tale became more tenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal