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Recent Examples of cautiously
Despite entering the match as overwhelming favorites, Argentina is approaching the match cautiously.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2026
The track is about cautiously opening yourself up to a new relationship after a painful breakup, finding comfort in someone who appreciates the very qualities a former partner criticized.
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Jane Lacroix,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Parents should also borrow cautiously to protect their retirement.
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Scott White,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Asked about when its robots will be able to be deployed to production lines, its Public Relations Manager Yolanda Xie responded cautiously.
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John Liu,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Jangoo and Chase batted cautiously in the first hour before cutting loose just before lunch.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
Austria Was cautiously optimistic the nation’s most famous former citizen would show up, but Arnold Schwarzenegger did not appear for Austria’s match against Argentina on June 22.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Led by two of the world's most talented players – Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Arsenal's Martin Odegaard - hopes are cautiously rising that the team could mount a surprise challenge later in the competition.
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William Jones,
NPR,
25 June 2026
History tells us that no matter how carefully and cautiously Johnson and the Sedins intend to proceed with this rebuild, internal pressure from ownership to begin to show real progress is always lurking around the next corner.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2026
The track is about cautiously opening yourself up to a new relationship after a painful breakup, finding comfort in someone who appreciates the very qualities a former partner criticized.
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Jane Lacroix,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Parents should also borrow cautiously to protect their retirement.
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Scott White,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Asked about when its robots will be able to be deployed to production lines, its Public Relations Manager Yolanda Xie responded cautiously.
—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Jangoo and Chase batted cautiously in the first hour before cutting loose just before lunch.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
Austria Was cautiously optimistic the nation’s most famous former citizen would show up, but Arnold Schwarzenegger did not appear for Austria’s match against Argentina on June 22.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Led by two of the world's most talented players – Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Arsenal's Martin Odegaard - hopes are cautiously rising that the team could mount a surprise challenge later in the competition.
—
William Jones,
NPR,
25 June 2026
History tells us that no matter how carefully and cautiously Johnson and the Sedins intend to proceed with this rebuild, internal pressure from ownership to begin to show real progress is always lurking around the next corner.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cautiously
Adverb
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What isn’t measured is how much is entered that no human deliberately selected.
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The highest number of fatal attacks, the study found, occurred after high-risk behaviors, including deliberately entering waterways known to contain alligators.
Adverb
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Jennifer Storms, chief marketing officer for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said her team has carefully planned the timing of the spots to coincide with the burst of patriotism and celebration around America 250 events.
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That transition — from looking casually to carefully observing, first with powerful optics and then navigating with the naked eye — is what observational astronomy is all about.
Adverb
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Bell’s letter to James and New York MFCU Director Amy Held argues that the unit is moving too slowly on cases and amassing too few indictments and convictions for wrongdoing in the Medicaid system.
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Manganese atoms slowly take the place of some iron, creating a uniform LMFP structure.
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“Cautiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cautiously. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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