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Recent Examples of tentative After six and a half months on strike, about 2,400 Kaiser Permanente workers throughout Southern California will vote Thursday on a new tentative contract, potentially returning to their jobs after launching an open-ended strike on Oct. 21, 2024. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025 Heading into that round of bargaining, the two sides had tentative agreements on 24 out of 25 total proposal, including wage increases of 24% over the life of the contract The final issue at hand was protections against generative AI. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 May 2025 The answer is already a tentative yes, and the implications, commercial, operational and regulatory, are profound. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin Brazile, in a tentative ruling issued on Thursday, denied CBS’ bid for a court order that would’ve temporarily blocked Sony’s efforts from assuming distribution. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tentative
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Adjective
  • Their love is conditional For narcissists, love is conditional, and needs to be earned.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 May 2025
  • The weather service said there is also a slight risk for severe storms on Tuesday, but the severe weather is conditional on how Monday’s activity occurs.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Not surprisingly, the latter is highly dependent on the former, industry experts say.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • The new law made married women dependent citizens; their citizenship status was now entirely derived from that of their husbands.
    Time, Time, 19 May 2025

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“Tentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tentative. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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