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
Critics say Bezos and Sanchez made a show of publicly embracing Donald Trump’s presidency and appeasing his autocratic tendencies by enjoying a prominent place at his Jan. 20 inauguration with other tech moguls.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Apple tried to appease Trump in February by announcing plans to spend $500 billion and hire 20,000 people in the U.S. through 2028, but none of it was tied to making an iPhone domestically.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Team Biden appeased Beijing far more often than not, and talked of something called ‘integrated deterrence’.
—Control Risks, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The key lesson of Munich is that appeasing aggressive authoritarian regimes in the hope of preserving peace emboldens them to pursue even greater acts of expansion and violence.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Apple tried to appease Trump in February by announcing plans to spend $500 billion and hire 20,000 people in the U.S. through 2028, but none of it was tied to making an iPhone domestically.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Team Biden appeased Beijing far more often than not, and talked of something called ‘integrated deterrence’.
—Control Risks, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The key lesson of Munich is that appeasing aggressive authoritarian regimes in the hope of preserving peace emboldens them to pursue even greater acts of expansion and violence.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appease
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The day before, Trump signed a series of executive orders to placate coal country, portending to extend the lives of coal plants and promote coal exports — a move that the Sierra Club said guts pollution and safety controls while raising energy bills on working class Americans.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Who hasn’t been placated with corporate platitudes or company swag when advocating for concrete change?—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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What’s On the Menu The Official Kentucky Derby 151 On-Track Food Menu delivers a mix of Southern staples and polished showstoppers—dishes that are comforting, upscale, and built to last through long race-day service.—
Nasha Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Not only are flags placed at every grave, as is done here, but the army assigns a soldier to stand by each grave to comfort the family and to honor their memory.—
Rabbi Steve Roth,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Apr. 2025
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Rosemary oil’s anti-inflammatory properties may help soothe a dry, red, or irritated scalp.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
23 Apr. 2025
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The formula is also infused with a bio-restorative complex that repairs damage and strengthens, lupine flower peptides that deliver amino acids to the cortex to boost keratin to help damaged hair and eucalyptus oil to soothe the senses.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Glasner refused to change his team significantly for fear of negative consequences, but he would have been pleased by Kamada and Justin Devenny’s impact.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Google struggled to find a solution that pleased everyone.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2025
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Some of the men, scorning old wives’ tales, prefer to pacify God and ask him for protection from the elements.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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Not every unhappy person can be completely pacified, but reaching out to offer to listen can certainly be a valuable step in reducing negative noise.—
Dee Blohm,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 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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No erudition added to five paragraphs of very carefully worded, almost mollifying, explanation?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2025
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The reset was meant to mollify Putin and deter further aggression by creating new avenues for economic and security cooperation.—
Alexander Vindman,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Mar. 2025
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Congo and Rwanda hope the involvement of the United States -- and the incentive of major investment if there's enough security for U.S. companies to work safely in east Congo -- will calm the fighting and militia violence that have defied peacekeeping and negotiation since the mid-1990s.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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The company’s prospects remain unclear, but newly named CEO Ivan Espinosa calmed the waters somewhat, instilling new confidence in dealers and revealing a handful of upcoming vehicles to the public recently.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Appease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appease. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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