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as in weaseled
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter
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as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the prison was hedged by a high stone wall
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Recent Examples of hedged
Some, like Baker, hedged their bets a little after being asked by The Bee if Sacramento was Giants or A’s country.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Even so, the Moonies—and the Moon family businesses—have long hedged their bets.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Even Seattle hedged its bets on Darnold.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
With the rising prices of storage and memory, this may be a larger hit on the bill of materials than in previous years, depending on how much Samsung has hedged on silicon.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
In denying Bressington’s application, Judge William Alsup noted that the guitarist’s lawyers hedged on filing a defamation lawsuit.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2026
First, Erickson highlighted that AWS has the most diversified and hedged revenue sources, with its core business largely unaffected by generative AI and not a competitor of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
Out of respect for the daunting jump from the top Korean league to Major League Baseball, where fastball speeds tend to be 2-3 mph higher, any projection for Song must be hedged.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
No final decisions about changes to administration personnel have been made, the CNN story hedged, noting the president’s Cabinet is expected to remain the same at least through the start of next year.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2025
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Even so, the Moonies—and the Moon family businesses—have long hedged their bets.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Even Seattle hedged its bets on Darnold.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
With the rising prices of storage and memory, this may be a larger hit on the bill of materials than in previous years, depending on how much Samsung has hedged on silicon.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
In denying Bressington’s application, Judge William Alsup noted that the guitarist’s lawyers hedged on filing a defamation lawsuit.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2026
First, Erickson highlighted that AWS has the most diversified and hedged revenue sources, with its core business largely unaffected by generative AI and not a competitor of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
Out of respect for the daunting jump from the top Korean league to Major League Baseball, where fastball speeds tend to be 2-3 mph higher, any projection for Song must be hedged.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
No final decisions about changes to administration personnel have been made, the CNN story hedged, noting the president’s Cabinet is expected to remain the same at least through the start of next year.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedged
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The Children’s Museum and its preschool were housed in a building in the town’s center alongside its lifesize statue of Conny the sperm whale.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Private school students — who are disproportionately affluent, stably housed and high-performing — are not included in state averages.—
Jill Stegman,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Tomlyn asked, to which Chloe shook her head no.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
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And after Britain scored four stones to take the score to 10-5 in end seven, Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Lill Harri also called an end to their match and shook hands.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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In Churchill, the trash sites have all been bear-proofed (enclosed so the animals can’t graze among the garbage), but not so in Arviat, where Inuit enforcers show up in their buggies to honk loudly and chase the bears away from open-air landfills.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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The owner’s deck aft is arranged around a flexible bar and versatile dining area that can be fully enclosed via sliding glass doors.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The makeshift detention center, surrounded by chain-link fences, had detainees sleeping on brown bunk beds under bright, perpetual fluorescent lights.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Dietary recommendations have waffled over time.—
Tania Fabo,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Paterno waffled before deciding to stay in State College.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Wilting roses encased in glass cylinders greeted guests.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The winter storm that dumped a foot of snow on parts of Arkansas and encased much of the state in ice apparently contributed to two deaths.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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During the demonstration, the Dexory bot ducked under a low pipe near the ceiling and stopped before rolling around a person standing in its path.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Rule breakers Two spectators ducked the rope line late in the day along the 18th fairway and raced to the other side.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Auroras are typically confined to high latitudes near Earth's north and south magnetic poles, making sightings in the Southern Hemisphere this far north of Antarctica very rare.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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In 2020, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, which was confined to six streets in Seattle, lasted 23 days.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Hedged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedged. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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