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The phrase "are hesitant about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing uncertainty or reluctance regarding a particular issue or decision.
Example: "Many employees are hesitant about returning to the office full-time after the pandemic."
Alternatives: "are unsure about" or "have reservations about".
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Banks are hesitant about making hostile bids for each other.
Yet, some people are hesitant about honoring someone whose presidency was marred by a sex scandal.
They are hesitant about proposing additional spending, partly because of the impact of the markets.
Of course, some doctors are hesitant about associating themselves with what many consider an unreliable medium.
They just grab them without naming them, and are hesitant about buying when people are about.
If the barrel makers are hesitant about joining the chips revolution, others are jumping in to fill the gap.
Similar(18)
"The family stuff is something I was hesitant about," he said.
For the most part, readers were hesitant about the idea of going to the parents — a hesitation that D. shares.
Yet Sousa was hesitant about it.
Mr. Hines was hesitant about the man.
"I would be hesitant about that".
More suggestions(19)
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