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appeasing, conciliating, conciliatory, disarming, mollifying, pacifying, peacemaking, placating, placatory, propitiatory
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The current law has been credited with rebuilding 43 stocks since 2000 including Atlantic sea scallops, pacific canary rockfish and Atlantic scup, also known as porgy. — Ledyard King, USA TODAY, "Go fish: under President Trump, changing political tide opens water for anglers," 21 Mar. 2018 Only the pacific was left, that most dangerous part. — Fox News, "Huckabee on America's hazing problem," 12 Mar. 2018 Previously, pacific coast and mountain-time viewers would view primetime coverage on a tape delay. — Tamara Fuentes, Harper's BAZAAR, "How to Watch the 2018 Winter Olympics," 8 Feb. 2018 The biggest risers in the world are pacific island nation Vanuatu, jumping 28 places to 157th. — SI.com, "Germany Ends 2017 Atop FIFA Ranking; USA Ends Tied for 24th," 21 Dec. 2017 Anti-Semitism had little or no place in Italian fascist doctrine before 1938, reflecting the Italian Jewish community’s relatively pacific existence on the peninsula. — Ruth Ben-ghiat, Slate Magazine, "Why Italian fascists embraced Hitler’s anti-Semitism.," 20 Jan. 2017 Other species, such as pacific herring and pigeon guillemots, also haven’t come close to returning to their pre-spill levels. — National Geographic, "Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Devastated Killer Whales," 26 Jan. 2016 This pacific picture, though, is soon replaced by far more disturbing, recurrent images of perilously small boats filled with frantically shouting, gesturing men, women and children seeking asylum. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, "Review: Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Tracks the Global Migrant Crisis," 12 Oct. 2017 Louis served in the military police in the pacific, and served as Eleanor Roosevelt's honor-guard on her visit to hospitals in Australia. — Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 10/8," 8 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pacific.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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