as in waiting
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Noun
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Devaney added that a deputy district attorney contacted her by phone earlier this month about the City Council’s indecision following the sudden resignation last September of Councilmember Dwight Worden, who announced he had been hospitalized with a small stroke and wanted to focus on his health.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The mental load of juggling too many tasks can lead to procrastination, indecision and even burnout.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On Monday, the airport saw nearly 400 cancellations and 375 delays.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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William Byron won the Daytona 500, which was a marathon on Sunday night, after rain delays and yellow caution flags ultimately led to some overtime laps.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
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After a whirlwind romance and much theatrical vacillation, Lowell abandoned Hardwick to join Blackwood in London in 1970, a move that would forever mark her as the other woman to Hardwick’s many passionate partisans.—
Negar Azimi,
The New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition continually plays upon vacillations between intimacy and exposure, with one of the Torso prints of black and white buttocks enlarged and sprawling down the length of one gallery.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Some chatted among themselves, waiting to understand the meaning behind the invitation Saffold passed out to a select few students only weeks before.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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Armando, who was deemed healthy after receiving a treatment for an ear infection, is now one of the dogs waiting for his forever home at the shelter's Rob & Melani Walton Papago Park Campus.—
Karen Bartunek,
The Arizona Republic,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Taking small steps toward dating and being open to new experiences can help break the cycle of hesitation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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But as the weeks passed, Minnie's initial hesitation turned into affection.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Through 16 months of fear and uncertainty over their fates, the Bibases had become a symbol for many Israelis, both of the tragedy that befell their country that October day, when about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 abducted to Gaza, but also of a widespread sense of abandonment.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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This comes at a time of extreme uncertainty for the agency.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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