as in faltered
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
I didn't hesitate to tell them that what they were doing was wrong and that I wanted no part of it
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Recent Examples of hesitated
The decision was difficult because Washington hesitated to provide Kyiv with sophisticated, long-range weapons.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Many businesses hesitated to move their operations to the cloud, citing concerns about security and control.
—Gaurav Tewari, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
In an experiment in which people were instructed to turn off a talking robot after interacting with it, participants hesitated twice as long to turn off an agreeable intelligent robot as a non-agreeable one.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Many businesses hesitated to move their operations to the cloud, citing concerns about security and control.
—Gaurav Tewari, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
In an experiment in which people were instructed to turn off a talking robot after interacting with it, participants hesitated twice as long to turn off an agreeable intelligent robot as a non-agreeable one.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Hesitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hesitated. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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