hawed

past tense of haw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawed
Verb
  • The company had traditionally hesitated to include browns in its product range, but in her first year, after nixing the violet, Waight Keller introduced mocha brown, chocolaty brown, and a winey brown that looked like it had been poured from a decanter.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Tran said some Republican clubs have even hesitated to ask their universities for support or security for their events.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This means his net approval rating in the last four weeks has vacillated between -14 points and -15 points.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Borrowers visited bank branches, submitted paperwork, and waited for credit committees to decide.
    AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This designation allowed those companies to legally sell their existing spirits, while the rest of the alcohol industry either waited it out, sold their stock to a company with a license, or dabbled in the underground spirits world.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The conservative-leaning Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocked the state's plan to integrate Bible instruction and paused the implementation of new social studies standards after legal challenges argued that the measures violated the separation of church and state and open-meetings rules.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Driven by moral outrage and worries about reputational risk, top conglomerates like Netflix suspended services and halted new projects and acquisitions in Russia, while all of America’s major movie studios paused film releases and distribution there.
    Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Hawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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