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Recent Examples of tentatively
Luigi Mangione spoke out in court on Friday as Judge Gregory Carro tentatively scheduled his state murder case to begin on June 8.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
While the book hasn't been written yet, Alloy Entertainment has sold the project to Grand Central Publishing in a major deal, and it's tentatively slated for a summer 2027 release.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
Kansas Department of Transportation improvements on I-35 are tentatively set to begin later this year, and construction on Santa Fe should begin in late 2027.
—Kendrick Calfee
updated February 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
The publishing date is tentatively set for Summer 2027.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
While the book hasn't been written yet, Alloy Entertainment has sold the project to Grand Central Publishing in a major deal, and it's tentatively slated for a summer 2027 release.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
Kansas Department of Transportation improvements on I-35 are tentatively set to begin later this year, and construction on Santa Fe should begin in late 2027.
—Kendrick Calfee
updated February 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
The publishing date is tentatively set for Summer 2027.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tentatively
Adverb
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The show has dipped its toe hesitantly into matters of equity and social stratification this season with mixed results.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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As Garfield hesitantly moves forward with his campaign, he is forced to align with Chester Arthur (Nick Offerman), who unexpectedly becomes his running mate, and with the domineering but highly influential Senator Roscoe Conkling (Shea Whigham).—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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In O’Sullivan’s story these two come together, however haltingly at first, out of necessity for both just to go on and find a semblance of their lives without Callie.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Fiona’s neighbors get their own thin plots, broadening but not deepening the world of a show that moves haltingly towards a cliffhanger in its scant, 7-episode first season and so presumably means to continue.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Tentatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tentatively. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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