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as in mitigation
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as in conciliation
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Recent Examples of appeasement
Some of his targets have learned through bitter experience that preëmptive appeasement only opens the door to escalating demands.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
That led to the penny-wise, pound-foolish path of appeasement.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
All broadcasters must stand firm in defense of free expression and the First Amendment, not capitulate to a policy of political appeasement.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Various social groups may push for change, and at times hegemons may make apparent concessions to these groups; these concessions are reforms implemented as an appeasement to prevent unrest or revolution.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
That led to the penny-wise, pound-foolish path of appeasement.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
All broadcasters must stand firm in defense of free expression and the First Amendment, not capitulate to a policy of political appeasement.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Various social groups may push for change, and at times hegemons may make apparent concessions to these groups; these concessions are reforms implemented as an appeasement to prevent unrest or revolution.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeasement
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In December 2025, a ski patroller was killed in an avalanche at Mammoth Mountain resort in central California while conducting avalanche mitigation work.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Buying a home is safe as long as proper radon mitigation is in place, the county said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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But, as had happened so often in the history of brittle regimes, the dictator’s gesture of conciliation was read as desperation.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Memphis remained peaceful due in part to the work that began earlier that year when CRS provided conciliation services during a sanitation workers’ strike and met with members of the Black community, religious leaders and gang members to prevent an escalation of violence during the strike.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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By contrast, services inflation has shown encouraging signs of gradual moderation.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
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Our industry has increasingly come together to celebrate beer as both a beverage for moderation (most beer brands are at or below 5% alcohol) and social bonding.—
Rahul Goyal,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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If music is confession, then acting is reconciliation for Ariana Grande.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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According to a spokesperson for UMG, reconciliation may come in other forms in the future.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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If funding for health decreases by 20 percent, 12 million more children could die by 2045.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The south and southwest suburbs saw a 35% decrease in homicides in 2025 compared to 2024, according to tracking by the Daily Southtown, reflecting a continuing downward trend in recent years.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Passage of this resolution was tantamount to acquiescence by Congress, granting the president the authority to respond militarily by sending thousands of troops to fight in Vietnam.—
Richard Cherwitz,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Despite that goal, the Utah Legislature’s Republican supermajority, with Cox’s acquiescence, has taken a hard turn against solar power — which has been coming online faster than any other source in Utah and accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Appeasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeasement. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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