How to Use tentatively in a Sentence

tentatively

adverb
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  • One of them nosed around the trap and tentatively entered it.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Hunter Biden's trial on felony gun charges has tentatively been set for the week of June 3.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Trump is tentatively scheduled to go to trial in the D.C. case in March.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The third book doesn't have a release date yet, but is tentatively set for this winter.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The top hourly wage would rise to more than $60 an hour under the deal tentatively struck in October.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The ruling clears the way for a trial on the gun charges, tentatively scheduled to start on June 3 in Wilmington.
    — Tom Hals, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The next hearing in the case is tentatively scheduled for August 25.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 July 2023
  • The students, who had been nervous for days leading up the event, walked tentatively onto the stage and into the spotlight.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The more documented of the two, the Chengdu delta-wing craft, has been tentatively identified as the J-36.
    — New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The court has tentatively scheduled a hearing on challenges to the plan to begin on August 14.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 22 July 2023
  • Tatum tentatively expects to open April 16 if all goes well with the health inspection.
    — Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
  • While the two committees have worked on similar plans, the House has tentatively passed more tax cuts than the Senate.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • After tentatively looking around, the bear paws out into the sunlight and enjoys the open air.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The panel is tentatively aiming to hold a hearing on the issue in November, the sources said.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The staff layoffs are tentatively set to take effect Jan. 18.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The crewed flight test was tentatively scheduled for May 6, but was scrubbed after a problem with an oxygen valve on the ULA rocket.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 June 2024
  • The schedule and member list for that trip, which is tentatively planned for the April recess, remains fluid.
    — Mackenzie Hawkins, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Hosted by his pal Kevin Hart, the series is tentatively set to premiere sometime this spring on E!.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2023
  • That ruling sent the case back to the lower court for more proceedings, and a trial had been tentatively scheduled to begin in May.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The Qi2 spec should be completed in the middle of this year, with products tentatively coming in time for the holidays.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
  • After tentatively approaching the maiden, the unicorn lays its head in the maiden's lap and falls asleep.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • All events are tentatively scheduled to take place in person, but if Covid-19 restrictions change, the events will be held online.
    — courant.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The city of Portland and Laborers’ Local 483 tentatively reached agreement Sunday to end the union’s three-day strike.
    — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
  • One of the men is continuing his battle in the U.K. civil courts, with a trial tentatively schedule for next year.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 July 2024
  • Made in the 1960s, one side shows an unfinished sketch of a man, while the other is a sea of blackness out of which a figure tentatively emerges — rendered as negative space.
    — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The three men have pleaded not guilty, with their trials tentatively scheduled to begin early next year.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Two new quad chairlifts – one at each park – will be ready on opening day, tentatively set for Saturday, Dec. 17.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The restriction is tentatively set through 1 p.m. Sunday, though that is subject to change, the sheriff's office said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 July 2023
  • He’d been moved to the DC Jail and the judge ordered him detained until his trial, tentatively scheduled for next February.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Janine is shocked that Dee is trying to come on to her boyfriend and tentatively explains their relationship, hoping this will make Dee back down.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025

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