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the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free
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Sadly, in practice, a long holiday hangover tends to limit new releases; platforms’ reticence to compete for attention with an inevitable regime-change media frenzy could also be a factor this year.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Why the reticence? Despite popular sentiment, there are actually quite a few electric vehicles available for much less than the average new vehicle price of $47,000.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
As Fernandez tries to remember the events of that bright and sunny morning 83 years ago, the details are fragmented by the passage of time, the reticence of trauma.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Read: Kamala Harris’s ambition trap That reticence may well be good strategy.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Why the reticence? Despite popular sentiment, there are actually quite a few electric vehicles available for much less than the average new vehicle price of $47,000.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
As Fernandez tries to remember the events of that bright and sunny morning 83 years ago, the details are fragmented by the passage of time, the reticence of trauma.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Read: Kamala Harris’s ambition trap That reticence may well be good strategy.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for reticence
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“Reticence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reticence. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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reticence
noun
ret·i·cence
ˈret-ə-sən(t)s 
1
: the quality or state of being reticent
a witness's reticence that was unhelpful to police
2
: an instance of being reticent
3
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