Word to the Wise: Temporize

To "temporize" (TEM-puh-rize) - from the Latin for "time" - is to be indecisive or evasive in order to delay action.

Example (as used by Stacie Zoe Berg in Insight on the News): "But when it comes to paying out claims, too many third-party providers stall, balk, and temporize."

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