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noun

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Recent Examples of irresolute
Adjective
The situation is impossible, irresolute— the B.J. Vineses and priests of the world shouldn’t get to walk away scot free. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025 The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024 The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024 Showing signs of being irresolute can signal weakness that adversaries take note of. Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024 Vernon’s sea power duly secured the Panamanian export hub of Porto Bello (which would give its name to London’s Portobello Road), but the irresolute Wentworth was ignominiously defeated in his halfhearted attempts to capture Cartagena (in modern-day Colombia) and Santiago, Cuba. Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021 In some states, the confusion felt by providers and patients is compounded by ambiguous, irresolute language in the new and forthcoming laws themselves. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022 That phrase is a call back to the ancestors and an acknowledgment that you were not raised to be fearful and irresolute. Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021 Sessions became unpopular within the agency for irresolute leadership, according to a 1993 New York Times article that described him as having a short attention span and being disinterested in bureaucratic details. Stephen Miller, Bloomberg.com, 11 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irresolute
Adjective
  • Thompson’s brother Maurice, who allegedly drove the chasing Chevrolet Equinox, was granted bail in October — indicating a potentially weak case.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • The report also included a number of ‘weak’ odor sources observed during the study, including odors emanating from the Curaleaf cannabis facility on Britt Road and Goldflower Cannabis facility on Niles Road.
    James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • As the fintech industry recalibrates—shifting from growth-at-all-costs to sustainable, focused models—leaders like Ferris are proving that clarity beats chaos, and conviction beats hesitation.
    Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Part of the hesitation expressed by business centers on understanding how the tariffs will affect consumers’ view of the economy.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • With a decline in visitor numbers and travel dollars, and federal aid nowhere in sight, the future remains uncertain for many in the area.
    Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
  • The future remains uncertain and the debate over fairness, inclusion and athlete rights continues.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Some critics have blamed the arguments Kennedy has advanced for increasing hesitancy to get vaccines and allowing the disease to spread to its current outbreak, causing the first deaths from the disease since 2015.
    Julia Mueller, The Hill, 1 May 2025
  • Pitching owners to invest in an unproven concept is often met with hesitancy.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • More generally, the collective ongoing efforts by the Trump administration could equate to fewer opportunities for job seekers as employers become more hesitant to hire due to a lack of overall stability, veteran observers told Newsweek.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • Still, a lack of progress signs has left many investors hesitant to trust the mid-April rebound.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • This hesitance only reinforces the false narrative that race is a divisive topic rather than an integral part of understanding American society.
    Anne Tapp Jaksa, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The war plans group chat uncovered by a journalist at The Atlantic exposed some daylight between Vice President Vance and others in the administration, showing Vance’s hesitance about launching a military strike that President Trump has hailed this week as necessary and successful.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Lorentz’s decision to skate into Ullmark on the aforementioned two-on-none, instead of passing or shooting the puck, was a clear example of indecisive play.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Batches of paper slips representing indecisive tallies are burned using chemicals that produce black smoke from the chapel chimney.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Then, the White House announced that the U.S. and China have agreed to a 90 day pause in their trade war.
    David Hebert, National Review, 16 May 2025
  • However, since then, Donald Trump has initiated a 90-day pause in the U.S.-China tariff conflict, reducing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China has lowered its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports from 125% to 10% .
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2025

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