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also leary
as in wary
feeling or showing a lack of trust in someone or something
a leery attitude She seemed a little leery about the proposal. They were leery of their neighbors.
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Recent Examples of leery
Such a cap would require an act of Congress, and plenty of Republicans are leery of supporting it.
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Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Investors burned by that bust are still leery of pouring money into oil and gas a decade later, says Brandon Davis, founder of AFE Leaks, a consulting firm that tracks capital costs for oil and gas.
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Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
Construction costs and interest rates are still high, tariffs hit key building materials last year, and many developers are still leery of taking over older properties in the Central Loop.
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Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Idaho cities leery of state control Support, while bipartisan, wasn’t universal.
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Mark Dee
march 28,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for leery
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Investors burned by that bust are still leery of pouring money into oil and gas a decade later, says Brandon Davis, founder of AFE Leaks, a consulting firm that tracks capital costs for oil and gas.
—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
Construction costs and interest rates are still high, tariffs hit key building materials last year, and many developers are still leery of taking over older properties in the Central Loop.
—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Idaho cities leery of state control Support, while bipartisan, wasn’t universal.
—
Mark Dee
march 28,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for leery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leery
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Meanwhile, Ana Hernandez, a Pico Gardens resident, is wary of stakeholders behind the BID proposal.
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Travelers, beware jet skis in the Bahamas Travelers are being warned to be wary of jet ski excursions in the Bahamas, a popular cruise and vacation destination for Americans.
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Berkeley adopted a more cautious approach.
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The data also points to a more cautious approach to automation than much of the AI industry’s messaging might suggest.
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Some physicists are skeptical that such waves could escape the intense gravitational environment near a black hole’s event horizon, or that current instruments can reliably separate a direct wave signal from the surrounding noise.
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The fresh attack, the first reported since the US and Iran agreed last week to work toward a peace deal, prompted an uptick in global oil prices and came as Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to sell the peace agreement to skeptical Gulf nations.
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