hawed

past tense of haw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawed
Verb
  • In a season when other businesses hesitated, Stacie expanded.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Many healthcare organizations hesitated to embrace cloud-first systems due to security concerns, regulatory uncertainty or sheer inertia.
    Dave Wessinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 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
  • The epilogue reveals that Conrad has waited two years before sending Belly a handwritten letter.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The couple waited until February 2016 to claim their share of the grand prize.
    Jennifer Sangalang, Treasure Coast Newspapers, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The AfD was classified as a right-wing extremist organization by Germany's spy agency in May, but the description has been paused because of an appeal pending in court.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While some borrowers may be opting to keep their payments paused, others who want to get out of the SAVE forbearance are struggling to do so, Kantrowitz said.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Hawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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