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the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free
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Despite their historical reticence to admit getting work done, men are benefiting from the new candor about plastic surgery and other cosmetic interventions.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
The administration's reticence to release the information has fractured the MAGA movement, many of whom saw the Epstein files as a central issue in Trump's reelection campaign.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 16 July 2025
Take the two pages where Dyer writes about his father’s extreme reticence about his own past.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
The more acute risk — and, sources say, the primary reason for Trump’s reticence to act against Powell — is the expectation that any move would immediately trigger a significant market sell-off.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
The administration's reticence to release the information has fractured the MAGA movement, many of whom saw the Epstein files as a central issue in Trump's reelection campaign.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 16 July 2025
Take the two pages where Dyer writes about his father’s extreme reticence about his own past.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
The more acute risk — and, sources say, the primary reason for Trump’s reticence to act against Powell — is the expectation that any move would immediately trigger a significant market sell-off.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for reticence
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“Reticence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reticence. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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reticence
noun
ret·i·cence
ˈret-ə-sən(t)s 
1
: the quality or state of being reticent
a witness's reticence that was unhelpful to police
2
: an instance of being reticent
3
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