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as in mitigation
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as in conciliation
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Recent Examples of appeasement
Not appeasement or escalation, but pragmatic alignment where trust is still possible.
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Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
These examples are powerful reminders that in the face of divide-and-conquer, appeasement does not work.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
That appeasement only emboldened Hitler, and the rest is history.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
In this world of super conference consolidation, there is too much appeasement of all things Big Ten and the SEC.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
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Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
These examples are powerful reminders that in the face of divide-and-conquer, appeasement does not work.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
That appeasement only emboldened Hitler, and the rest is history.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
In this world of super conference consolidation, there is too much appeasement of all things Big Ten and the SEC.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeasement
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They were told to just keep applying for help through a loss mitigation process that dragged on for years and in the end, never offered them any actual assistance.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2026
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The problem is expected to worsen over time without climate change mitigation.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Halifax managed to be a senior advisor to both King James and King William, seeking national conciliation.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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That involved no conciliation that threatened the United States in any way.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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Aaron said that incorporating a method of moderation or verification—such as the voting system in Waze—would have required collecting user data that might someday fall under a subpoena.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The decline followed Musk’s overhaul of moderation systems and the disbanding of internal safety groups.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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Entries that have been flagged for reconciliation and those designated on a drawback claim or covered by an open protest will not be processed yet.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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That includes the appropriations bill the Senate passed on Thursday, as well as an attempt at budget reconciliation — a method of passing budget and spending priorities that requires a simple majority in the Senate, rather than the 60 normally required to overcome a filibuster.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Unemployment insurance claims stood at 202,000 in the week ending March 28, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week, according to Labor Department data.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the decaying physical structure, Richards highlighted a decrease in correction officer staffing levels such that people inside do not feel safe.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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This is a story that traces the path to justice for mass atrocity in the face of public acquiescence.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Kelley, Offerman, Fanning, and especially Pfeiffer do enough of the hard work to make acquiescence rather easy — and the ensuing journey a worthy reward.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2026
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Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.—
Patrick Smith,
STAT,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Appeasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeasement. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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