temporizing

verb

present participle of temporize
as in stalling
formal to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized.

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  1. stalling
  2. delaying
  3. lingering
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  • Their replacements arrived three weeks late because of capsule repairs, stalling this crew’s homecoming.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The memoir also details Cooper’s crippling, career-stalling struggles with substance abuse during the late ‘70s and goes into depth about his subsequent re-embrace of Christianity and his current beliefs and practices.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of stalling
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  • The significance of the phase 3 data extends beyond delaying a recurrence, doctors said.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • According to the county staff report, delaying repairs for a formal bidding process could increase the risk of additional sinkholes, ground collapse and property damage.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of delaying
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  • Mostly hidden from our daily view, the machinery for making white meat—a chemical and metabolic system of planetary scope—will be a lingering trace of human presence in the annals of Earth history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • By Saturday morning, lingering snow is likely at high elevations in Yosemite National Park and near Mammoth Mountain.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lingering
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“Temporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporizing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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