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vacillation

[vas-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌvæs əˈleɪ ʃən /


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So the decision to do nothing about the deflation was not a case of ignorance or vacillation, as Mr. Ahamed contends, but of alignment with long-established monetary norms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Lois’ reticence about him mirrors our own vacillation with the DC Universe’s new direction: We need to see something more from this guy before we commit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

When Lois is in the coma, there is a lot of vacillation between what she’s dealing with in terms of what's going on with the case and the trauma.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Even as Germany was expanding its territories against a backdrop of international vacillation, it was forming political alliances.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

There has unquestionably for some time past been a certain vacillation among the Pope's counsellors, but never for a moment did they think of giving up the whole enterprise, and confessing themselves defeated.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von




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