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as in to hesitate
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
he's still wavering about whether to take the job
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Recent Examples of waver
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Morrissey really doesn’t waver much.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Bristol Myers Squibb shares dropped Thursday despite a solid quarterly beat and guidance raise, as Wall Street’s confidence wavers in the growth trajectory for schizophrenia treatment Cobenfy.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 July 2025
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Verb
My confidence will never waver with him or anybody else.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Morrissey really doesn’t waver much.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bristol Myers Squibb shares dropped Thursday despite a solid quarterly beat and guidance raise, as Wall Street’s confidence wavers in the growth trajectory for schizophrenia treatment Cobenfy.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waver
Verb
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But Maye doesn’t hesitate to break the pocket and scramble towards daylight when things break down.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Many people like the idea of innovation but hesitate to share the road with fully autonomous vehicles.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Rayo began 2023-24 well under Iraola’s successor Francisco Rodriguez but then started to falter.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Rams did not falter and an 80-yard kickoff return touchdown for Jameson Bongiolatti cut the deficit to 21-7.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The two became lovers, and headed back Stateside, to Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, where the artist Josef Albers held sway.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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This would not be an America where the founding ideals hold much sway.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The kind of person who trembles at watermarks is not the sort of person who dares to put marble in the dishwasher.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Maine trembled and angled up, then listed to port, throwing him from his chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The challenging five-hour round-trip hike follows the Rio Una upstream, and as the canyon narrows, steep rock walls rise on all sides to create a stone corridor where only a sliver of sunlight is visible.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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There is also Mateusz Rakowicz’s drama The Riot about the largest ever prison riots in Poland in 1989, along with an adaptation of beloved Polish classic The Doll and a biopic of rock legend Jan Borysewicz.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Light shaking was detected, and people in several cities - including Hercules, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Trim the dead parts, shake the soil off, and store them in a cool, dark location where they are protected from the cold.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This wave of joy was seen online, where some claimed his victory as India’s own.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet today, rising geopolitical instability and a wave of economic nationalism threaten to disrupt the free flows of energy the system relies on — all at a moment when cheaper, cleaner alternatives are available.—
John Kerry,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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La Niña sets the stage by keeping moisture available, while the easterly QBO can trigger a wobbling polar vortex that pushes Arctic cold southward.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Does your ankle wobble excessively or feel unstable?—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Waver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waver. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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