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Recent Examples of hesitance This hesitance came courtesy of Putin, who attended the Bucharest conference and lobbied NATO to reject Kyiv’s bid. Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2023 Sahar Abi-Hassan, an assistant professor in political science at Northeastern University who studies the behavior of the Supreme Court, says the court might side with TikTok for several reasons, including its historical hesitance toward restricting speech. Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025 Still, Zhu’s hesitance to speak about Shein’s exposure to Xinjiang at the hearing might have been born of pragmatic reasons, or perhaps even strategic ones. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025 As Gaetz's controversies dominated the news cycle and senators on both sides of the aisle expressed hesitance about confirming his nomination, murmurs arose that the Ethics Committee was thinking about finally releasing its report on the lawmaker given the strong public interest. Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hesitance 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hesitance
Noun
  • Building families and protecting their legacies are significant themes, the latter notably in Lee’s reluctance to risk the heavily mortgaged house that her father bought to keep them on Duwamish land.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The case against Rucker appeared solid on paper; multiple eyewitnesses identified him as the shooter, despite their reluctance to aid police.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This hesitation could mean pharmaceutical companies are missing out on a major opportunity to connect with viewers, according to a new analysis by the TV outcomes firm EDO.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Fran: One of the bigger stories out of this year’s Sundance has been distributors’ hesitation — whether due to lingering effects of the fires or buyers’ skepticism or some combination — to buy up the stronger films at the festival.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It’s been nearly a year since No Other Land debuted at the Berlin Film Festival, setting off a chain of hesitancy and urgency around films that address the ongoing conflict between Israeli and Palestine.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The internal review blamed privacy restrictions and staff hesitancy for their failure to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about Austin’s hospitalization.
    Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday, a judge prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, on administrative leave, after a pause on all new U.S. foreign assistance programs funded by the State Department and USAID the week prior.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Not done yet Martin Truex Jr. has put his retirement on pause for another shot at the Daytona 500.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hesitance. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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