Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of temporizing; time-serving. Also spelled
temporisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of temporizing.
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- noun The act of
temporizing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I do think there was a certain amount of hesitation and repetition and temporization that could have benefitted the book by its extraction.
In the grandest tradition of Clerks, he wasn't even supposed to be at work that day. matociquala 2009
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Having awaited all too patiently for the specifics, we now get temporization and the appointment of war supporters to his cabinet. '
Mr. President Elect: Change Has Always Meant Something Different 2008
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BERGER: Well, Saddam Hussein is a master at the last minute temporization.
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The supreme art will be to seize the instant when temporization must give way to a carefully prepared offensive movement.
Paris War Days Diary of an American Charles Inman Barnard
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He put in a word for Olivier with the editor of an important review in which he was a shareholder: and at once one of his forgotten manuscripts was disinterred and read: and, after much temporization, -- (for, if the article seemed to be worth something, the author's name, being unknown, was valueless), -- they decided to accept it.
Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Romain Rolland 1905
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With such a problem any temporization or lack of definiteness in making plans might cause failure even with victory within our grasp.
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With such a problem any temporization or lack of definiteness in making plans might cause failure even with victory within our grasp.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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- Ash's voice was calm and set Luce at ease-I think, we are in a dream scene, often used by untalented scriptwriters for temporization.
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- Ash's voice was calm and set Luce at ease-I think, we are in a dream scene, often used by untalented scriptwriters for temporization.
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- Ash's voice was calm and set Luce at ease-I think, we are in a dream scene, often used by untalented scriptwriters for temporization.
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