uncertainness

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Noun
  • The appointment comes at a pivotal moment for SMCP, which owns contemporary brands Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and Fursac, and is navigating both operational shifts and ongoing shareholder uncertainty.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
  • All that uncertainty does more than pull us away from meaning.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Japan is reasserting its military presence across Asia amid rising worries of Chinese aggression and doubts over US commitment to the region’s security.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
  • Attorneys for the defendants, however, contended that the government doesn’t have the evidence to prove there was intent to join a criminal racketeering conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • And yet the actor spent much of a recent conversation candidly admitting to ambivalence and incertitude.
    New York Times, New York Times, 27 May 2021
  • In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • Supporters said the proposal was met with skepticism by lawmakers who recognize the private entities do not have taxpayer funding like their public counterparts and need to be paid for their services.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • Reports suggesting Sarah Ferguson has stepped back from public life to protect her family are being met with skepticism from within her own circle.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • There’s a lot of mutual mistrust.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Those suspensions of combat don’t produce any tangible results amid deep mistrust between the warring sides.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Aldermen once again aired their distrust of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s work implementing Chicago’s budget yesterday as his top finance leaders revealed the city is once again turning to an outside consulting firm for help in cutting costs.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • German football fans have a deep, entrenched distrust of commercialism and their protests, such as disrupting games by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch, were so sustained that the investor deal was eventually abandoned.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • British authorities arrested a man from Sudan on suspicion of endangering life in that case.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 May 2026
  • But the Biden administration, in the thrall of progressive economic policy that views productive business endeavors with the utmost suspicion, soon stepped in.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
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“Uncertainness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncertainness. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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