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His dad’s customary reticence meant Specktor had work to do.
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Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Political uncertainty historically leads to consumer reticence—a reluctance to buy and an impulse to hoard savings.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2025
The problem is the school’s reticence to accept transfers at large scale and lack of desire to play the NIL game.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Political uncertainty historically leads to consumer reticence—a reluctance to buy and an impulse to hoard savings.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2025
The problem is the school’s reticence to accept transfers at large scale and lack of desire to play the NIL game.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 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 30 Apr. 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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