as in timidity
lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks
the timorousness with which so many politicians approach hot-button issues
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Issues related to social justice, politics, sustainability, and mental health regularly intersect with entertainment stories, placing celebrities under pressure to publicly take stances on divisive topics, often without room for error or hesitation.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025 -
That view on business hesitation was backed up Tuesday in an Institute for Supply Management survey in which respondents cited the uncertain climate as an obstacle to growth.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2025
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Adolescence escalates all these issues and fears to their most horrifying symbolic end.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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By the end of the month, the new moon in Taurus invites you to embrace more intimacy and transformation in your love life, even if that means facing your fears in the process.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Their offices were among 20 across the county that received letters last week from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission expressing concern that their hiring practices actively recruiting minorities and women amount to reverse discrimination.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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And as spring break trips and summer vacations draw near, stories of green-card and visa holders being detained have sparked new concerns about traveling.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2025
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Southeast Side resident Anne Holcomb emphasized a sense of urgency as worries grow in her community about the environmental impacts of a PsiQuantum computing facility that will be built in the area.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Inflation, tariff worries drive consumers' outlooks to lowest levels in 12 years What are tariffs?—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Recently announced job cuts at Johns Hopkins University, one of Maryland’s largest employers, and tens of thousands of others across the nation, however, are happening with an unsettling speed and efficiency, leaving countless workers in a state of anxiety, uncertainty and despair.—
Alan M. Langlieb,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2025
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They are marketed as an alternative for pain relief, anxiety, and sleep disorders.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Timorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timorousness. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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