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as in doubt
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
despite my reservations, we hired the young teen as a babysitter
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as in provision
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
gave us his approval without any reservations
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Recent Examples of reservation
Public defender Jennifer Redding suggested that her client, now 14, believed that the victim, David Gutierrez, who was waiting for a reservation for his dinner date, may have had his own knife.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Hilton Honors Aspire Card Members can enjoy complimentary National Car Rental® Emerald Club Executive® status, including perks like Executive Area Access (for full-size reservations and above) in the USA and Canada.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Capri in the City at The Berkeley Rooftop The most coveted summer terrace reservation in London, The Berkeley’s iconic rooftop, which is usually reserved for hotel guests, opens to the public for Capri in the City for the summer season.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Durglo spent the last several years putting up air quality sensors across the reservation.
—Ellis Juhlin, NPR, 18 May 2026
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Hilton Honors Aspire Card Members can enjoy complimentary National Car Rental® Emerald Club Executive® status, including perks like Executive Area Access (for full-size reservations and above) in the USA and Canada.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Capri in the City at The Berkeley Rooftop The most coveted summer terrace reservation in London, The Berkeley’s iconic rooftop, which is usually reserved for hotel guests, opens to the public for Capri in the City for the summer season.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Durglo spent the last several years putting up air quality sensors across the reservation.
—Ellis Juhlin, NPR, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservation
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The election drubbing cemented doubts among many Labor lawmakers about Starmer’s judgment, vision and leadership ability — a brutal indictment on a leader who returned the party to power in July 2024 after 14 years in opposition.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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When in doubt, turn to Dries Van Noten’s polka-dot-print pareo.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
14 May 2026
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Republican lawmakers also passed a spending package last year — enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — that included provisions expected to reduce ACA enrollment and was cited among factors fueling higher premiums this year.—
Julie Appleby,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Douglas County District Court Judge Carl Folsom III issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of key provisions of the state law in a 117-page ruling on Friday.—
Matthew Kelly
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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But midway through their first interview with Djena the agents’ skepticism began to wane.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The decision to run it back has been met with considerable skepticism — and reasonably so.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Those could be explicit requirements for a map to appear to be fair by certain statistical measures of partisanship.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), there is no residency requirement to file a lawsuit challenging a project’s environmental review.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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More than that, there is a general sense of anger and suspicion about entrenched élites.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The timeline of the Andrew scandal has been heavily discussed, even before the disgraced former prince was arrested for suspicion of misconduct in public office.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
17 May 2026
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The order stranded them indefinitely, sometimes in life-threatening conditions.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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There are women who cannot carry pregnancies for a variety of reasons — genetic conditions, cancer and loss of uterus, for example.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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All of this was aggravated by a raft of economic uncertainties, from weak domestic consumption to the threat of a historic trade war with the US, leaving the keenest buyers, like Cai, to think twice before entering the market.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Second, in terms of transportation methods, growing uncertainty around air travel has led European travelers to consider alternatives such as rail.—
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CNBC,
18 May 2026
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But the price was worth it for Bischofberger, who persuaded Warhol to give him right of first refusal for his art, a stipulation that the artist upheld until his death in 1987.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
9 May 2026
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Google removed the stipulation that its on-device AI model would not send data to Google’s servers.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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“Reservation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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