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Recent Examples of ambivalent Steel’s children had been intrigued by the song’s name, but seemed ambivalent about its lyrics, which mostly concern partying. Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 According to a 2022 Gallup Poll, 54% of Gen-Z employees, slightly higher than any other generation, are ambivalent or not engaged at work. Lynn Smith, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 George was famously ambivalent about the emergence of punk and those thrashing sounds. Kaleb Horton, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025 Rodrigues’s play leans much further into autofiction than his work typically does, yet feels somewhat ambivalent about it. Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ambivalent
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Adjective
  • Researchers are still unsure of the exact cause of a water allergy.
    Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
  • The letter said that educators who were unsure of their responsibility were not given guidance or support about what to do.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • The transaction could generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the Trump family, further raising concerns about the president’s conflicted relationship with crypto.
    Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • The commercial pressures to pad may have played a part; so, too, might Twain’s own conflicted relationship with America’s unresolved promises.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Moreover, Rocket has a relatively new CEO who wants to dominate the mortgage industry and is not afraid of technology, previously working at Intuit, PayPal, Groupon and Microsoft.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 May 2025
  • The youngest cast member at the time, Williams set the tone for the raw emotion the show was not afraid to show over the years.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • While some organizations are understandably hesitant to abandon on-premises infrastructure entirely due to concerns over security, regulatory compliance, and data control, the reality is that maintaining an AI-ready on-premises data center often proves cost-prohibitive and operationally unfeasible.
    Ivo Ivanov, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • That prospect has left a number of moderate and vulnerable Republicans hesitant to cut a program that covers their constituents and risk facing political backlash in next year’s elections.
    Nik Popli, Time, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • This phenomenon has been further propelled by ongoing inflation, high interest rates, and an uncertain economic outlook.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • In the early, uncertain days of COVID-19, when people were told to stay home to save lives, Lightfoot chose compassion over citations.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025

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“Ambivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambivalent. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

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