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Recent Examples of cautiously
Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins and manager John Schneider remained vague and cautiously optimistic on Bichette’s status on Wednesday.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The best one can cautiously hope for is a pause in the killing in Gaza.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Pre-bed exercise occurred rarely, so results should be interpreted cautiously.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
But the continued stickiness of inflation has cast some doubt on how aggressively or cautiously the central bank goes from here.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Marcela lowered her voice and cautiously peered around.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
People with gallbladder or bile duct inflammation should avoid ginger; use cautiously in pregnancy or breastfeeding.
—Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Some jobs have already been automated and eliminated — and surely more of that will happen — but fashion companies are still moving cautiously.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Small businesses are testing it cautiously, leaning on features tucked into their daily software.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The best one can cautiously hope for is a pause in the killing in Gaza.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Pre-bed exercise occurred rarely, so results should be interpreted cautiously.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
But the continued stickiness of inflation has cast some doubt on how aggressively or cautiously the central bank goes from here.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Marcela lowered her voice and cautiously peered around.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
People with gallbladder or bile duct inflammation should avoid ginger; use cautiously in pregnancy or breastfeeding.
—Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Some jobs have already been automated and eliminated — and surely more of that will happen — but fashion companies are still moving cautiously.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Small businesses are testing it cautiously, leaning on features tucked into their daily software.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cautiously
Adverb
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City police said the blast before dawn in northern Munich at a residential building, which had been deliberately set on fire, appeared connected to a domestic dispute.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Program officials set a two-year path to mass production following test completion, with full Taiwan manufacture and target unit costs in the low hundreds of thousands USD, deliberately priced for salvo fire.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Footwear News’ global network of editors has carefully curated all product selections featured using our expansive brand knowledge and thorough research to find quality, long-lasting items.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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But, in doing so, Krepon plans to carefully plan which SKUs should be headed Amazon’s way, in part because of the cost of doing business with the e-tail behemoth.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Hughes and others began resisting orders in passive ways, showing up late or taking patrols extra slowly.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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This rift causes the black hole to slowly evaporate.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Cautiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cautiously. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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