1
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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2
as in hesitation
a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action
after a moment's wavering, she accepted his proposal
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as in irresolute
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as in hesitating
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
he's still wavering about whether to take the job
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2
as in faltering
to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side
the steel tower wavered for a moment before falling over
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Recent Examples of waver
John Towfighi, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Choose to do it at the last minute and might end up wavering in an awkward semi-lunge.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2025
Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
With the hunt underway, the group finds their morality colliding with their survival instincts as their trust in one another wavers.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Related article Hollywood is shaken by Trump’s tariff plan for the movie industry
Shares in major filmmakers wavered on Monday as Hollywood tried to digest the implications of a potential tariff, which were not immediately clear.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Choose to do it at the last minute and might end up wavering in an awkward semi-lunge.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
As tariff talks continue, geopolitical tensions escalate, and the global economy wavers, investors are gravitating towards store-of-value investments.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
With the hunt underway, the group finds their morality colliding with their survival instincts as their trust in one another wavers.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waver
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The situation is impossible, irresolute— the B.J. Vineses and priests of the world shouldn’t get to walk away scot free.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
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The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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And for some students at the start of their academic and professional careers, the latest development leaves them unsure about what to do next.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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The letter said that educators who were unsure of their responsibility were not given guidance or support about what to do.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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In the early, uncertain days of COVID-19, when people were told to stay home to save lives, Lightfoot chose compassion over citations.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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This phenomenon has been further propelled by ongoing inflation, high interest rates, and an uncertain economic outlook.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Perhaps, the uneasily ambivalent final moments of this movie lead us to wonder, because the pastor couldn’t think of anywhere else to go.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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Adichie’s protagonists are independent and deeply ambivalent, not so much aloof as detached, both from their love interests and from their own desires and aspirations.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The transaction could generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the Trump family, further raising concerns about the president’s conflicted relationship with crypto.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The commercial pressures to pad may have played a part; so, too, might Twain’s own conflicted relationship with America’s unresolved promises.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The indecisive flickering between different logos and titles adds to the sense of chaos emanating from WBD—luckily for viewers, there’s still an incredible streaming library on HBO Max (even without classic Looney Tunes).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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As the impasse dragged on, frustrated townspeople took matters into their own hands, literally locking the indecisive cardinals inside the meeting hall and even removing the roof to speed the process.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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What’s undecided? Advanced class funding: A controversial plan to cut funding for Advanced Placement and other college-level courses in Florida’s public high schools will have to be hashed out in budget talks.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 May 2025
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Other large unions remain undecided and could still shake up the race, including District Council 37, the city’s largest public employees union, and Local 1199 of the S.E.I.U, which represents health care workers.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Klein is skeptical that the Trump Administration will usher in a new era of building things.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Hannah Harriman, a Marquette County Health Department nurse who previously spent 12 years working for Planned Parenthood of Marquette, is skeptical of any suggestion that telehealth can replace a rural brick-and-mortar clinic.—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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“Waver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waver. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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