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
Republican leaders included a new fund with tens of billions of dollars to support rural hospitals in the measure in order to appease members of their conference concerned about the impact of Medicaid cuts.
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Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 1 July 2025
And leaders lack visibility into where and why GTM motions are breaking down, so they’re left grasping for solutions that will appease boards and investors who are hungry for ROI.
—Anand Shah, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
From some of the most powerful seats in the world, politicians preached collective action, trying to appease the fears of an already concerned youth.
—Alan McClay, Sourcing Journal, 26 June 2025
Our theory at the time was that Boeing planes would be leveraged as countries sought to reduce trade deficits with the U.S. to appease Trump.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 1 July 2025
And leaders lack visibility into where and why GTM motions are breaking down, so they’re left grasping for solutions that will appease boards and investors who are hungry for ROI.
—Anand Shah, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
From some of the most powerful seats in the world, politicians preached collective action, trying to appease the fears of an already concerned youth.
—Alan McClay, Sourcing Journal, 26 June 2025
Our theory at the time was that Boeing planes would be leveraged as countries sought to reduce trade deficits with the U.S. to appease Trump.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 27 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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In a ward of Nasser hospital in southern Gaza a woman is comforting her crying, 16-month-old granddaughter, one of those affected by what aid workers say is a surge of meningitis cases among the Palestinian territory's children.—
Olivia Le Poidevin,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Still, there was something comforting about the old days, when on meant on, off meant off, and our appliances and cars couldn’t eavesdrop or talk back.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
3 July 2025
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Garlic’s many health benefits include immunity support, soothing inflammation, and boosting collagen production.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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The writer-director made sure all players honored poker rules and that movies were playing so anyone mad about a poker loss could soothe their financial pain.—
Samantha Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
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Then the governor, seemingly trying to please the president, vetoed laws that assist Floridians in survival mode.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Two tiebreaking runs scored, a fact that pleased Altuve far more than another milestone in a career full of them.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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In the United States, those advocates on the center left and center right share the view that a militarily powerful United States, with a large network of alliances, provides essential, pacifying leadership in global politics.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 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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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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The new agreement attempts to support Kyiv while mollifying neighbors.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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But the alliance's Secretary General Mark Rutte worked hard to get all the allies to commit to five percent on defense spending and went out of his way to mollify Trump, Williams said.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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As Stanway had passed back to her, the midfielder had patted the air in the universal gesture for ‘calm it down, there’s no rush’.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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The extension has calmed Wall Street for the time being, unlike the tariff rollouts of the spring, which sent markets swinging wildly from day-to-day for weeks.—
Alex Veiga,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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“Appease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appease. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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