cautiousness

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Recent Examples of cautiousness The cautiousness in spending extends to teachers That cautiousness in spending extends to teachers. Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cautiousness
Noun
  • At the same time, Iranian diplomats urged caution.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those with long memories are tempering enthusiasm with prudence, remembering how the dot-com bubble led to unsustainable valuations and a painful crash.
    Tiz Gambacorta, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This was a chance for Biden to take the high road, to toe the fiscal line and display financial prudence.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That sets up a showdown over expiring Obamacare subsidies and other health-care funding priorities, with Democrats vowing to block any measure that ignores them and some moderate Republicans signaling openness to a deal to avoid steep premium hikes for millions of Americans.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of ad hoc testing, agree on consistent ways to show care (a daily check-in, a goodnight text, a weekly date).
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s much more circumspection in Alan than people give him credit for.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But even if the plant slowly returns to life, the sense of betrayal in South Korea – and a new wariness among companies there to invest in the US – may linger far longer.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As an epic celebration of imperialism, colonialization, and warfare, the Aeneid is often viewed with justifiable wariness by twenty-first-century readers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

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