as in to placate
to lessen the anger or agitation of
a game often appeases an upset toddler
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Recent Examples of appease
Fiscal hawks speak out Another faction in Congress has voiced opposition to the spending levels in the legislation, advocating for deeper cuts that have often worked counter to leadership's efforts to appease other members of their conferences.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 24 June 2025
No thanks, says Newsom Education Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research
Kimberly Terrell accused the university of sacrificing academic freedom to appease Louisiana’s Republican governor.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Another fight is brewing between House and Senate Republicans, with the Senate GOP seeking to cut the state and local tax deduction cap after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) spent weeks negotiating it higher to appease conservatives from blue states.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 12 June 2025
What To Watch For The bill, passed by the House in a party-line vote last month after last-minute revisions to appease Republican holdouts, is being negotiated by the Senate.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 24 June 2025
No thanks, says Newsom Education Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research
Kimberly Terrell accused the university of sacrificing academic freedom to appease Louisiana’s Republican governor.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Another fight is brewing between House and Senate Republicans, with the Senate GOP seeking to cut the state and local tax deduction cap after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) spent weeks negotiating it higher to appease conservatives from blue states.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 12 June 2025
What To Watch For The bill, passed by the House in a party-line vote last month after last-minute revisions to appease Republican holdouts, is being negotiated by the Senate.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appease
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There also appeared to be a number of parochial changes aimed at placating some of the most vocal opponents of the legislation, including several for Alaska, home to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who has said the measure would hurt her state.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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Last week, Carvalho tried to placate them — and his board — by putting an additional one-time augmentation of $50 million into the Black Student Achievement Plan, or BSAP, for the 2025-26 school year, bringing funding to $175 million.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo put his arm around Marte during a pitching change in the bottom of the seventh inning in an effort to comfort the two-time All Star.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Sadie Robertson, who is expecting her third baby with her husband Christian Huff, further comforted her sister on the podcast.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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The spa menu boasts a long list of bodywork treatments options, including the fire & ice massage, which soothes sore muscles with a combination of hot stones and cooling recovery balm, facials and body scrubs using ingredients from the forest, and a fireside massage package for two.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Great as a hostess or housewarming gift, the soap works even better when taking the form of a self-care purchase that will soothe your skin with shea butter.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025
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Gallo California Chardonnay California in a bottle, this budget-friendly Gallo California Chardonnay is crafted to please a wide range of palates.—
Chelsea Frank,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Commissioner Robert Dickson supported the project, but added that given the size of the project is going to be hard to please everyone.—
Emilie Takahashi,
Oc Register,
19 June 2025
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And, if that process proved tortuous and violent, what role could the U.S. have in trying to pacify a nation of almost 90 million people?—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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Sheinbaum’s government claims these tactics are already pacifying the country, with homicides officially down almost 25 percent since September.—
WILL FREEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2025
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The credulous faith that these superpowers will voluntarily settle for some form of peaceful coexistence, if only they are sufficiently propitiated with concessions, is naive and dangerous.—
Michael Miklaucic,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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Since 1979, the United States has sought to contain or propitiate the regime in Tehran.—
Danielle Pletka,
National Review,
6 Nov. 2023
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His remarking that the G7 should be the G8 with Russia brought back into this exclusive club—or even the G9, with China in as well—and other mollifying gestures stir deep anxieties.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Much of their war of words actually has appeared intended to mollify nationalistic critics on their own sides.—
Sopheng Cheang,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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An agent with a baseball hat and FBI vest pats his heart and appears to be talking to him and trying to calm him down.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Myung-gi tries to calm him down, but a sobbing Player 39 has already made up his mind and throws himself off the edge.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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“Appease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appease. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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