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the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free
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Yet two years after the team was quick to lock up quarterback Joe Burrow to a long-term contract extension in 2023, its reticence to hand a similarly lucrative extension to edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, despite leading the NFL in sacks last season, has led to an offseason standoff.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 May 2025
In an exclusive excerpt shared with PEOPLE, the author wrote how a major sticking point of the couple's early relationship was Kennedy's reticence to introduce Bessette to his mother.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 May 2025
That reticence changed with Jake Guentzel’s availability.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2025
In one instance, Lisa is aghast to find a gun in his house, but her anxiety about his involvement with a local resistance group feels no more dramatic than her frustration with Basem’s reticence about the dissolution of his family.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 May 2025
In an exclusive excerpt shared with PEOPLE, the author wrote how a major sticking point of the couple's early relationship was Kennedy's reticence to introduce Bessette to his mother.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 May 2025
That reticence changed with Jake Guentzel’s availability.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2025
In one instance, Lisa is aghast to find a gun in his house, but her anxiety about his involvement with a local resistance group feels no more dramatic than her frustration with Basem’s reticence about the dissolution of his family.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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 3 Jun. 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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