HAWED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

hawed

verb

past tense of haw

as in hemmed

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Though her books continue to be adapted into movies and recurring series, Moriarty has always hesitated to write a sequel.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The driver hesitated on the street for a moment before driving away.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of hesitated

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Ellison and his executives have vacillated from anger to acceptance.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Since then, his game behind the plate has vacillated between good and bad — an inconsistency aggravated by the presence of Luis Torrens (and his defensive excellence) as his backup.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of vacillated

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Reuters said March and April reports of impending layoffs and Meta tracking employees’ keyboard and mouse input in order to train AI agents (Meta has since paused the program) hurt employee morale.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Some areas have paused data center expansion Stroy’s fields are just outside Murdock, a village named for a railroad official at the company that first laid tracks here in the 1890s.

— Will Weissert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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