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Many small businesses are also guardedly hopeful about the new year, in part because they stand to benefit from a high level of tax refunds and new tax incentives in 2026.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

The idea of introducing an extra pit stop into the Monaco Grand Prix has been given a guardedly warm response so far.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

But like our experts, we are guardedly optimistic.

From Scientific American • Jun. 10, 2023

Advocates are guardedly hopeful the Ukrainian presence could change Japan's overall refugee policy, but Temple University Japan's political science professor James Brown thought it unlikely.

From Reuters • May 19, 2023

"We spoke guardedly," Wolf remembered, "about great Soviet traitors—Penkovsky, Gordievsky, Popov—men whose change of loyalties helped the Americans keep pace with Soviet espionage."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau