fence-sitter
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- fence-sitting noun
Etymology
Origin of fence-sitter
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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“One of the biggest problems that we are facing today is the fence-sitter problem,” Samantha Power, the head of the U.S.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2022
Klein: Sorry, don’t like to be the fence-sitter here, but Matthew Stafford and Justin Herbert are essentially even.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021
These are hallmarks of a fence-sitter, of a flipper and flopper in changing winds.
From US News • Jun. 2, 2015
Wittman, who played college basketball at Indiana, was not exactly a fence-sitter about the changes to that school's Big Ten Conference.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2012
Thought to be mammalianoid—there's a fence-sitter for you—but can't be certain of this because no young have been observed, nor any females in gestation.
From The Native Soil by Nourse, Alan Edward
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