as in careful
having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble
a cautious approach to everyday living
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Recent Examples of cautious
Slow down and stay cautious: On wet roads, slowing down is paramount.
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Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Success will go to those who adopt a balanced approach—being radically optimistic about AI’s potential while remaining cautious about...
Post
Only 26% of companies have developed working AI products, and only 4% have achieved significant returns on their investments, according to 2024 study.
—Faisal Hoque, Harvard Business Review, 6 Mar. 2025
But as the lingerie giant negotiates around a more cautious consumer, colder weather and tariff uncertainty out of the Trump White House, Hillary Super’s longer-term plans are coming into focus.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
But just as smartphones and the internet are powerful tools to broaden their horizons, parents and caregivers are right to be cautious about exactly what their teens are posting on the day-to-day.
—Ella Cerón, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
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Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Success will go to those who adopt a balanced approach—being radically optimistic about AI’s potential while remaining cautious about...
Post
Only 26% of companies have developed working AI products, and only 4% have achieved significant returns on their investments, according to 2024 study.
—Faisal Hoque, Harvard Business Review, 6 Mar. 2025
But as the lingerie giant negotiates around a more cautious consumer, colder weather and tariff uncertainty out of the Trump White House, Hillary Super’s longer-term plans are coming into focus.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
But just as smartphones and the internet are powerful tools to broaden their horizons, parents and caregivers are right to be cautious about exactly what their teens are posting on the day-to-day.
—Ella Cerón, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cautious
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These concerns underscore the need for careful consideration of privacy rights when deploying such technology.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Rendering animal fat requires careful heating and purification to remove impurities.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
WIRED,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cuban compared people who are wary of adopting AI tools in the workplace to those who were once afraid to embrace PCs and mobile devices.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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Egypt is wary of the Muslim Brotherhood in which Hamas has its roots and has been fighting militant insurgents in the Sinai Peninsula, which neighbors Gaza.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Relative humidity across the alert areas is 15% to as low as 6%, and wind gusts are forecast to be between 40 and 75 mph.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Google, to be fair, does a great job in keeping most of these out of harm’s way and those that do evade the security protections in place are generally quickly removed after discovery by Google itself or after researchers blow the alert whistle.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Cautious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cautious. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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