hesitates

present tense third-person singular of hesitate

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  • The world waits for a compelling example of humanoid robots saving a customer money in a defensible way.
    Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Compiled annually by a group led by Franklin Leonard, a recipient of a Gotham tribute award this year, Variety waits with childlike anticipation each year to see which scripts film executives have really been buzzing over — but haven’t had the budget or the chutzpah to put into production just yet.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Hesitates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hesitates. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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