oversuspicious

Definition of oversuspiciousnext

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Adjective
  • Hulse felt both hopeful and uncertain.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • What was once a slow and uncertain flow of prospective officers has evolved into a steady stream of qualified candidates, producing record-sized recruit classes.
    Joy Lepola-Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Anyone who suspects their card was skimmed should contact their bank immediately, freeze or replace the card, monitor transactions, and report the suspicious pump to the station, police, and the FBI’s IC3.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • But guidelines seek to balance the benefits of catching cancer early with possible harms, such as stress and pain from investigating suspicious spots that don't turn out to be cancerous.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • Many prospective buyers are now wary of taking on a mortgage.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • Be wary of requests for unusual payment methods, like peer-to-peer apps or checks.
    Janay Reece, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Adjective
  • When workers are unsure whether the technology is meant to augment them or replace them, adoption slows, experimentation stops, and the conditions under which AI actually returns value disappear.
    Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The vets also took X-rays, but since wood is hard to see on an X-ray, the professionals were still unsure how far the stick had impaled Sweets.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Travelers should be cautiously skeptical Ignoring professional advice isn't necessarily a bad trend.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Others are purely skeptical and believe a dialogue could backfire.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Yet in an industry where technological change is often forced on hesitant doctors by medical administrators, few services have seen such rapid adoption as OpenEvidence.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • The Mets have been hesitant to sign the 24-year-old Alvarez to a long-term contract in part because of injuries, and in part because of his inconsistent play, some of which is likely a result of injuries.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • Such a cap would require an act of Congress, and plenty of Republicans are leery of supporting it.
    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
Adjective
  • Lepoutre said Chapiron’s project is inspired by real cases in France involving young women who set themselves up as informal practitioners, offering discounted Botox and injections with dubious products.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • The administration, though, is gearing up to unleash a slew of other levies under the auspices of a different law that many experts see as less legally dubious than the 10% tariff and the ones the Supreme Court reversed.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
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“Oversuspicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversuspicious. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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