as in waiting
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Noun
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The film is set in the artistic and academic milieu and portrays the silent mechanisms of exclusion and the emotional toll of waiting, fear and uncertainty, while examining how political systems shape the most intimate decisions of everyday life.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Trade Sam LaPorta for Kyle Pitts + After years of waiting, Kyle Pitts finally had his massive breakout season.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Food halls Food halls are our answer to group indecision.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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Her character, Zosia, may have had to honor Carol Sturka’s (Rhea Seehorn) request for an atom bomb, but based on their parting glance, Wydra still senses some indecision from Carol about this manner of escalation.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Virginia Ritter spent most of her of the rest of her life vacillating between empathy and anger for her daughter's killer, all the while serving as a fierce victims' rights advocate in Nashville.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
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By the end of March 2018 Aydın seemed unsure whether to try to clear his name or lay low, vacillating between the two strategies.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With so many rule changes taking effect at once, a little preparation can go a long way toward avoiding delays and maximizing your refund.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The disruptions led to thousands of flight delays and cancellations, while hospitals, banks and other businesses around the world were also affected.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Although police still can use less-lethal weapons to contain unruly demonstrators, the city claimed the rules put officers at risk of hesitating in chaotic situations.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Survey respondents shared multiple ways that unemployment can have a negative impact including cancelling dates for financial reasons and hesitating to even ask someone out at all.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To counter this hesitation, companies can link payment to observable results.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Kande questioned whether this hesitation stems from geopolitics, tariffs, technology, or a lack of leadership agility.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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There was no dithering, just a window of opportunity narrowing by the minute.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Reading Cuba in War Time, we’re reminded that war reporting was never free of this struggle and vacillation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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Blyth stands out largely because his character harbors the most internal conflict, but his vacillation between bullying patronization and pitiable wreck generates tonal whiplash all the same.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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