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reticence
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But uptake has been slow, reflecting a broader industry-wide reticence to shell out.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Merz insists Germany must rebuild military capacity – a departure from decades of both German domestic and EU-wide reticence toward such a move.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Reticency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reticency. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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