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Noun
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It is called a waiting room, because the expectation of waiting is built into the architecture and culture of medicine.—
Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli,
STAT,
2 June 2026 -
Nasdaq introduced a rule change this year, shortening the three-month waiting period for stocks to be included in the index to 15 days.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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But with all the indecision of this primary election, many were finding comfort in delivering their votes in person.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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This can look like instability or indecision from the outside.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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The status of further peace talks and other key details of the current relationship between the warring powers have grown increasingly opaque, with Trump vacillating between resuming saber-rattling rhetoric and indicating Washington’s readiness for additional negotiations with Iran.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Trump has been more active than ever on social media in his second term, including posting lengthy all-caps screeds offering vacillating updates on the war.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sanfilippo is a fatal pediatric neurodegenerative disorder, with each delay in treatment equaling permanent neurological decline.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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Artemis program Due to the Mark 1 issues outlined above, there will either be significant delays to, or the need to restructure the early phases of, the Moon Base program.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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While their rivals started spending significant sums of money as soon as the 2024-25 season finished, Spurs wasted a couple of weeks hesitating about the long-term future of then head coach Ange Postecoglou before replacing him with Thomas Frank.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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His party was in denial, and the hesitation cost them the general election.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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Aside from his hesitations over the SNL cue cards, Holland has not shied away from live performance itself.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Besides, the rare earth industry is so cost-intensive that Lynas is even dithering on its new Texas facility despite the hundreds of millions secured from the Department of War.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
21 Apr. 2026
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Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, at least some of the vacillations seem to be driven by public opinion.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
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This is familiar territory for singular sports figures; think of how, over three seasons of 100 Foot Wave, big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has opened up about his own vacillation between craving dominance and fearing irrelevance.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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