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as in hesitates
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
he's still wavering about whether to take the job
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as in falters
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 wavers
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
If confidence wavers, share your draft with a trusted friend, and remember that feedback is fuel rather than a stop sign.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
As a small rural settlement is swiftly and ruthlessly stripped bare by the twin plagues of a diphtheria epidemic and spreading wildfires, the film eventually descends into a near-literal hellscape, though even when pandemonium takes over on screen, Van Dusen’s formal control never wavers.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
If your season of choice wavers between winter and spring, try this matte floral design in a neutral palette of black, white, and beige.
—Samantha Brash, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
As Mercury stations retrograde in your sign, confidence wavers and old narratives resurface, tempting you to retreat or overexplain.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
In season two, based on the nine of 15 total episodes provided to critics, the restraint wavers and the balance begins to tilt.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
Throughout, the depth and quality of Sullivan’s attention to prosaic detail—even plain and unappealing objects—never wavers.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Despite the Eagles offense being inconsistent, her Philly pride never wavers.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Verb
That could be risky if demand wavers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
If confidence wavers, share your draft with a trusted friend, and remember that feedback is fuel rather than a stop sign.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
As a small rural settlement is swiftly and ruthlessly stripped bare by the twin plagues of a diphtheria epidemic and spreading wildfires, the film eventually descends into a near-literal hellscape, though even when pandemonium takes over on screen, Van Dusen’s formal control never wavers.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
If your season of choice wavers between winter and spring, try this matte floral design in a neutral palette of black, white, and beige.
—Samantha Brash, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
As Mercury stations retrograde in your sign, confidence wavers and old narratives resurface, tempting you to retreat or overexplain.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
In season two, based on the nine of 15 total episodes provided to critics, the restraint wavers and the balance begins to tilt.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
Throughout, the depth and quality of Sullivan’s attention to prosaic detail—even plain and unappealing objects—never wavers.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Despite the Eagles offense being inconsistent, her Philly pride never wavers.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wavers
Verb
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If a planner hesitates or hedges on this question, consider that a red flag.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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When pressed on what a new economic system for the age of AGI might look like, Hunter-Torricke hesitates.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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If Oviedo falters over the next month, the Red Sox may be forced to flip him with either Tolle or Early.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Alice never falters in her suspicions.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At least 54 arrested after allegedly blocking roads, hurling rocks in anti-ICE unrest.—
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FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Fly low and get driven toward the rocks by the zonda wind.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The grades look normal, the homework gets turned in, and then a new unit shows up, and the whole thing wobbles.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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Over the next two weeks, these shifts could start to be felt in North America, Europe and Asia as the polar vortex weakens and tumbles south, like a spinning top that slows and wobbles off course.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
19 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Head to any tennis court to try to get some swings in and one’s sure to see plenty of people playing pickleball, a combination of badminton, ping pong and tennis that sees players swing small paddles on a short court.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The microscope captured collective oscillations of superconducting electrons.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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There’s not much to quibble with in the market’s to-and-fro oscillations among sectors and themes so far.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Russell let the rest of Taylor-Joy's long hair fall in loose, barely there waves, with most of the curl concentrated just at the ends for movement and swish factor.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2026
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That amount became an albatross around that company’s neck and led to waves of layoffs.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Athena whips votes; Myki doesn’t bother.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2026
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Some white parents beat their children with the same whips the apartheid police used in Black neighborhoods.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Wavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavers. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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