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as in security blanket
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as in negotiator
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Recent Examples of pacifier
However, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry supports pacifier use based on an infant’s needs and parental preference.
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Hannah Silverman, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025
Mason also has a white pacifier in his mouth.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Tove wore a pair of pale pink shorts and a white T-shirt, while her pacifier lay next to her stomach.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
But a pacifier can be a figurative lifesaver.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Silverman, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025
Mason also has a white pacifier in his mouth.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Tove wore a pair of pale pink shorts and a white T-shirt, while her pacifier lay next to her stomach.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
But a pacifier can be a figurative lifesaver.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacifier
Noun
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And now, that security blanket is calling it a career.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The ensuing political fallout has been shadowed by the opening weeks of Mr. Trump’s administration, including threats of tariffs on European exports and a pullback of America’s military security blanket that has protected Germany since the end of World War II.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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He’s injected with a sedative and wakes up in the book cage.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Dina was knocked out with a strong sedative, and Joel was shot in the knee.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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In 1980, Gallup asked whether Americans would object strongly to some presidential behaviors, including using tranquilizers occasionally (36% did), seeing a psychiatrist (30%), wearing jeans occasionally in the Oval Office (21%) and having a cocktail before dinner each night (14%).—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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However, in some cases, such as capturing and restraining a wild animal to relocate it, workers use tranquilizers or sedatives to make the animal sleepy, or cover its eyes and ears to reduce fear and prevent long-lasting problems.—
Rachel Blaser,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just last month, the victim of Munchausen by proxy shared an Easter snapshot of the three of them together for the holiday.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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The Resistance Front, an outfit that New Delhi views as a proxy of Pakistani jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, initially claimed responsibility on Telegram, before retracting the claim.—
Michael Kugelman,
Time,
3 May 2025
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Yet, there are few options for palliative and end-of-life care for unhoused people.—
Pilar Ingle,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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One of the advantages of early detection is that the goal of treatment becomes a cure as opposed to palliative.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Donald Sterling, former US attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said hiring Burroughs as an assistant US attorney years ago was an easy decision.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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The latest claim was leveled by Adam Schleifer, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, in a filing last week with the Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles wrongful termination appeals from federal workers.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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According to police, speed and driving under the influence were determined to not be factors in the collision.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 May 2025
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One factor in that attacking improvement may be that, counterintuitively, Chelsea have actually managed to average significantly more fast breaks (1.9, up from 1.3) and direct attacks (2.9, up from 2.6) in the matches where their possession percentage has ticked up into the 60s.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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“Pacifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifier. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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