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Her concert comes as fans eagerly await the release of her next album, tentatively titled The Right Person Will Stay.
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Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 24 June 2025
Even before Israel’s military operation, Iran seemed to be tentatively moving in the direction of trading its position on the brink of nuclear-weapons power for actual nuclear weapons, which appears to have contributed to the timing of Israel’s campaign.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
While Trump and Democrats tentatively reached an agreement in the spring of 2019, the bill ultimately failed due to disagreements over how to fund it and a number of competing crises, from Trump's impeachment to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2025
Final plans for the project, which have now been tentatively approved, have only slight differences to what was originally proposed.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 24 June 2025
Even before Israel’s military operation, Iran seemed to be tentatively moving in the direction of trading its position on the brink of nuclear-weapons power for actual nuclear weapons, which appears to have contributed to the timing of Israel’s campaign.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
While Trump and Democrats tentatively reached an agreement in the spring of 2019, the bill ultimately failed due to disagreements over how to fund it and a number of competing crises, from Trump's impeachment to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2025
Final plans for the project, which have now been tentatively approved, have only slight differences to what was originally proposed.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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“Tentatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tentatively. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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