as in conditional
determined by something else
our plans are only tentative at this point and will depend on whether you can come
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Recent Examples of tentative
If Thursday’s tentative deal is ratified by AFSCME workers, the contract would pay workers retroactively from 2024 to 2029.
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Pat Maio, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
Ahead of the weekend, Deadline reported the two sides had reached a tentative deal after the staff union spent nearly three months on the picket line.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 May 2026
The Writers Guild Staff Union (WGSU) announced on Saturday that 89 percent of participating members voted to greenlight a tentative first contract deal, which concludes the union’s 82-day work stoppage.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2026
The Writers Guild of America West has reached a tentative deal with its staff union to end a lengthy strike, which became an unwanted distraction during negotiations with the major studios.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 May 2026
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Pat Maio, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
Ahead of the weekend, Deadline reported the two sides had reached a tentative deal after the staff union spent nearly three months on the picket line.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 May 2026
The Writers Guild Staff Union (WGSU) announced on Saturday that 89 percent of participating members voted to greenlight a tentative first contract deal, which concludes the union’s 82-day work stoppage.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2026
The Writers Guild of America West has reached a tentative deal with its staff union to end a lengthy strike, which became an unwanted distraction during negotiations with the major studios.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tentative
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During his speech ahead of the film, Favreau gave special thanks to the California Film Commission’s whopping $21,755,000 in conditional tax credits for the production, one of the biggest allocations in the program’s history.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Her loyalty to writers is conditional—unlike her Hacks counterpart, Deborah, whose allegiance to her pen is absolute.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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But at the same time, advice seekers can also become emotionally dependent.—
Ziv Epstein,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Researchers said the technology could eventually support new treatments for drug-resistant hypertension, a condition that leaves many Americans dependent on multiple medications with limited results.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Tentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tentative. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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