temporize

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Recent Examples of temporize Accompanying these principles must be a rejection of the impulse to temporize about the dangers that confront us and a rejection of the bizarre deprecation of our nation and civilization. Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022 Even groups long noted for opposing nuclear power, such as the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Sierra Club, seem quietly ready to temporize on practical matters, such as allowing existing plants to continue as transitional energy sources. Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 But in the aftermath of the Georgia victories, which gave their party control of the Senate, congressional Democrats were in no mood to temporize. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2021 Otherwise, the overriding temptation will be to delay, to temporize. Noam Cohen, WIRED, 18 July 2019 This is a president who, when Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on his people, did not temporize. Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 5 July 2017 Romney's Cass took Obama to task for opposing development of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and for temporizing on the Keystone pipeline, while Obama's Aldy accused Romney of being insensitive to the environment and to the needs and desires of future generations. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporize
Verb
  • A day earlier, flights were delayed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, New Jersey’s Newark airport and Washington’s Reagan National Airport because of air traffic controller shortages.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His discharge has been delayed due to his father’s detention.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The data gives insight into how the country’s wider immigrant population looked in 2023, with MPI estimating numbers continued to rise into 2024, but have likely since stalled and perhaps even begun to decline as immigration enforcement increases.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There is often community resistance that stalls the building of homes.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • People face food insecurity due to cuts in benefit programs and rising grocery prices long before the August rains and will linger long after.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some people drained their toilet bowls in order to breathe air through the plumbing as the smoke lingered and covered them in yellow soot.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Temporize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporize. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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