qualms

plural of qualm

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of qualms Much of Jana’s campaign echoes the qualms already raised by the other activists in the stock, including the company’s potential to unlock value by reinvigorating the business as a standalone company with a new CEO and/or monetizing the real estate, or even selling the entire company. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 Many have such qualms due to the pricing problem. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025 Trump’s qualms with China Earlier this month, Beijing announced plans to restrict exports of rare-earth minerals, critical materials needed to power a wide range of electronics. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025 Every spring, Schneider has no qualms about once again embarking on the months-long baseball journey that is guaranteed to end too early for 29 teams. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 And other than ignoramus Slovacek, the recruits seem an unusually tolerant bunch with no qualms about leaning into the naturally homoerotic. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025 George said George Clooney has no qualms about finding fame later in life — in part thanks to his aunt, the late Rosemary Clooney. Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025 Make no qualms about it—fragrance is booming, and has been for the past five years like never before. Kayla Greaves, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025 Towne had no qualms about comparing King Henry to Adolf Hitler, that murderous German fascist, driving force of the Jewish Holocaust. Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualms
Noun
  • But Democrats have expressed strong doubts about any handshake deal with Republicans.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hedda has her doubts about this accounts.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know The health system said that several competing health systems filed objections to Wellstar’s application related to this project.
    Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Even so, many artists choose to make such objections public so that a general audience is aware of their stance.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His Conservative government also made its misgivings clear about England players taking the knee before Euro 2020.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • After the catastrophe, even senior figures signalled misgivings.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Russia and Ukraine show no compunctions about killing the civilians of their enemy.
    Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The boundaries of the world are delineated neatly by your compunctions.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Luckily Florida has no such scruples.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Qualms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualms. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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