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Recent Examples of tentatively
So far, brown bears are loving the carp, sea lions are tentatively enjoying the goldfish, and North American river otters have sampled goldfish and rusty crayfish.
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
It was tentatively called the Spectator, and was inspired by artists in London in the early 1700s, featuring British painters of the time, from William Hogarth to Joshua Reynolds.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 13 Sep. 2025
But two of the three county commissioners tentatively decided to keep townhome and duplex options available in more areas.
—Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2027, with a target completion date of 2030.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
It was tentatively called the Spectator, and was inspired by artists in London in the early 1700s, featuring British painters of the time, from William Hogarth to Joshua Reynolds.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 13 Sep. 2025
But two of the three county commissioners tentatively decided to keep townhome and duplex options available in more areas.
—Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2027, with a target completion date of 2030.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tentatively
Adverb
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The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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Adam asks Conrad to take care of his brother, and Conrad hesitantly agrees.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That test soon divides matter, even for a far from sensitive ear, into what reads well & what reads tamely, haltingly, jerkily, lopsidedly, top-heavily, or otherwise badly.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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As the world lost its CO2 blanket over this age of mammals, though, and the world chilled, grasslands, having invented a new form of photosynthesis adapted to this drier, lower-CO2 world, haltingly but inexorably took over much of the Earth.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Tentatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tentatively. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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