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Recent Examples of vacillation The vacillation between tragic and comic set pieces does justice to neither. Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 23 July 2024 Contrasting success stories with the vacillations of the current administration will project Trump as a global colossus. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024 This administration’s vacillation in trying to dictate Israeli military options, including withholding weapons, only prolongs it. Chris Eddy, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024 Espinosa’s Billy Jay is also a huge asset: His vacillation between cornfed, charming-despite-yourself naïveté and furtive, ambitious, even possibly sinister unknowability is—perhaps a little ironically—the play’s most compelling character arc. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for vacillation
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Noun
  • The source of hesitation is President Trump’s latest tariffs, which, as announced earlier this month, included a 46% tax on imports from Vietnam, the country’s eighth-largest trading partner.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Studies show that financial trauma can lead to avoidance behaviors, chronic underinvestment, and hesitation in wealth-building strategies even among women who appear financially stable on paper.
    Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At least one legislator expressed hesitancy during a Senate committee vote Wednesday about the legislation’s expansive footprint.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Concerns about data quality, compliance and the rapid pace of AI advancements have created hesitancy, particularly when AI is hastily deployed into customer-facing applications.
    Sumit Johar, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The war plans group chat uncovered by a journalist at The Atlantic exposed some daylight between Vice President Vance and others in the administration, showing Vance’s hesitance about launching a military strike that President Trump has hailed this week as necessary and successful.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This often shows up in subtle ways: a reluctance to apply for promotions, a hesitance to speak up in high-stakes meetings, or discomfort in presenting a polished resume or LinkedIn profile.
    Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This marks the end of a yearslong pause that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Schedule pauses, reflection time or even walks to reset your mind.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Vacillation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacillation. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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