as in waiting
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Noun
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He was transported to the base of the mountain to a waiting ambulance.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026 -
The coverage of the launch was a bit of a waiting game, with a hold resolved before the final 10-minute countdown.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Every minute an infrastructure project waits — due to red tape, political wrangling, indecision, prolonged negotiations, burdensome rules, lack of funding and too few hands to move it forward — the costs go up, support softens, champions go quiet and good projects die.—
Gia Biagi,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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In the case of any indecision, the call will ultimately go to Wiseman.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Trump has been more active than ever on social media in his second term, including posting lengthy all-caps screeds offering vacillating updates on the war.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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This hesitation was not the result of vacillating between options in indecision, but an active and regulated brain process to pause before acting due to environmental uncertainty.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Caltrans advised drivers to use the prior exit to reach their destinations and avoid delays.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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As the delay stretched on, some players played cards.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Academy seems comfortable celebrating individual excellence within horror while hesitating to crown its films as definitive achievements.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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Palmer is the center of the film and building the cast around her initially had Riley hesitating.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Connecticut students should not lose access to meaningful support because of hesitation.—
Christopher P. DeSanctis,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Mets don’t have any hesitation in letting Benge face lefties, but wanted to keep Robert’s bat in the lineup.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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There was no dithering, just a window of opportunity narrowing by the minute.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Over time, however, whatever succor Trump provides to the economy by saying that the war is nearly over is likely to be canceled out by his administration’s vacillation.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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President Trump’s vacillation— seeming a lot like appeasement— encourages Putin’s intransigence.—
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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