as in waiting
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Noun
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Violence as currency, everything binary and stripped of nuance, uncertainty, indecision.—
Bob Guccione Jr.,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025 -
The biggest problem against the Rams in the Wild Card game was his indecision.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
14 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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The organization was criticized back in 2014 for its long delay in declaring the outbreak a public health emergency, which hindered swift containment measures that could have prevented the virus from spreading across borders.—
Jess Craig,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Chandler had been waiting to fight McGregor for two years and decided to go elsewhere for UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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To help with the high intake levels, the AHS is urging the community to adopt from local shelters instead of purchasing a pet from a breeder or a pet store as shelters are full of pets waiting for a second chance.—
Karen Bartunek,
The Arizona Republic,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Republican support But other Republicans had no hesitation in backing her.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, Butler had initial hesitation in going to the Bay.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Permanently classifying them as such would allow prosecutors to pursue suspects without uncertainty of whether the order will expire.—
Ray Lewis,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
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Our analysis also makes some other conservative assumptions given the policy’s uncertainty.—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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