as in conditional
determined by something else
our plans are only tentative at this point and will depend on whether you can come
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Recent Examples of tentative
This weekend’s tentative agreement is the second time the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit management have shook hands on a wage bump.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
New Jersey Transit and the union representing its train engineers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the state's first statewide rail strike in over 40 years.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Negotiators for New Jersey Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen reached a tentative labor agreement over the weekend and the engineers are expected to be back at work today.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Stacking of multiple tariff layers already implemented during the trade war has pushed up costs to import retail goods much higher than the 30% associated with the tentative agreement.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 16 May 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
New Jersey Transit and the union representing its train engineers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the state's first statewide rail strike in over 40 years.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Negotiators for New Jersey Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen reached a tentative labor agreement over the weekend and the engineers are expected to be back at work today.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Stacking of multiple tariff layers already implemented during the trade war has pushed up costs to import retail goods much higher than the 30% associated with the tentative agreement.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tentative
Adjective
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He was granted conditional bail and is scheduled to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on June 11.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Florida acquired Jones from Chicago for backup goalie Spencer Knight and a conditional 2026 first-round pick on March 1.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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His future with the franchise is likely dependent on whether guys higher up on the pecking order end up elsewhere rather than his own play.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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This is because a planet's altitude in the sky is dependent in part on the inclination of the ecliptic relative to the horizon, which shifts throughout the year due to Earth's wobbling orbit.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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“Tentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tentative. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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