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Meanings of probationary in English

Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.

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Examples for "tentative"
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Today the first tentative steps are being taken to reopen the economy.
The Irish Times
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Employees resumed work on June 1 after the tentative deal was reached.
Reuters
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His body language is completely different from the previous interviews: tentative, defensive.
Mindhunter
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Still, there are tentative signs that the political crisis might be subsiding.
Reuters
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It represented a tentative approach but, so far, progress has been encouraging.
The Irish Times
1
However, questions over provisional ballots in Ohio state delayed a final verdict.
The Irish Times
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However, Mr Straw said at the time it was a provisional decision.
The Irish Times
3
The electoral commission is expected to announce the provisional result on Wednesday.
Reuters
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These include enrolling voters outside the national boundaries and introducing provisional voting.
Radio NZ
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Four protesters have been jailed so far on provisional public disorder charges.
The Irish Times
1
Mrs Fanshawe hitched herself into her corner, planted her feet more firmly on the provisionary footstool, and folded her hands on her knee.
The Independence of Claire
Usage of probationary in English
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Sentenced will be passed on July 19th, pending psychiatric and probationary reports.
The Irish Times
2
They will serve a two-year probationary period and must retire at 65.
The Irish Times
3
The guards, most of them probationary prisoners, were not much better off.
The Left Hand of Darkness
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She had had her first heart-felt good time of the probationary year.
We Three
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But under the circumstances,-the will and my probationary year,-youcan understand-
The House of a Thousand Candles
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The-thecourt gave him the custody of our child during the probationary year.
A Fool and His Money
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What is ultimately leaving me exiled is the extension of the probationary period.
The Guardian
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During my probationary period, I'd be assigned to Mitch's sales team.
Chump change: a novel
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His probationary period was over; Shorty Bill had professed himself satisfied.
No Man's Land
10
But now he's gone, and it turns out my freedom was only probationary.
Cleaving
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Thus thought this great writer during those sad probationary years of genius when
Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
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I felt amply repaid for the long probationary wait in the cold parlor!
Autobiography of a Yogi
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However grudgingly, however probationary, for some reason, he had accepted me into his pride.
Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
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Prosecutors said Columbia's operations will be subject to monitoring during a three-year probationary period.
Reuters
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Friday is pay-day for us probationary employees recruited in the middle of the year.
Number9Dream
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And any teaching contract I signed would be probationary, right?
11/22/63
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