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Recent Examples of appeasement
Also at stake in the balancing of rule adherence and professional appeasement is the public’s perception of the judicial system and the legal profession in general.
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Pritzker, a former trustee of Northwestern University, argues persuasively that advance compliance, appeasement and silence are only enabling Trump to achieve his goals faster and giving this administration the ability to deal a mortal strike to our democracy.
—Luis A. Nunes Amaral, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
Perspectives: • The Hill: Team Trump’s appeasement of Putin fails in London.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
Observing his rank appeasement of Vladimir Putin--clearly the world's leading terrorist--is not.
—arkansasonline.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Pritzker, a former trustee of Northwestern University, argues persuasively that advance compliance, appeasement and silence are only enabling Trump to achieve his goals faster and giving this administration the ability to deal a mortal strike to our democracy.
—Luis A. Nunes Amaral, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
Perspectives: • The Hill: Team Trump’s appeasement of Putin fails in London.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
Observing his rank appeasement of Vladimir Putin--clearly the world's leading terrorist--is not.
—arkansasonline.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeasement
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Among the noise mitigation measures San Diego’s program provides for free are retrofitted exterior doors and windows, installation of a ventilation system, and more modest measures like placing weather stripping and caulking around openings.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Other challenges the state will have to contend with include the federal rollback of environmental protections and the loss of funding for climate change research and mitigation.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2025
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The final version of the reconciliation bill emerged after nearly four days of wrangling among Senate Republicans, with the expansive cuts to Medicaid, along with decreases in funding to Medicare, a leading source of contention among lawmakers before making it out of the upper chamber.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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Cruz spearheaded an amendment to shoehorn more than $10 billion into the legislation, also known as a reconciliation bill, to save some of those NASA targets.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 July 2025
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The earning’s report, published in May, shows that McDonald’s experienced an overall decrease in sales globally and within the United States.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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June also marked the largest sales drop across the three department stores, according to the data, with Saks seeing a 28 percent decrease in sales and Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf declining by 26 percent.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.—
Kamila Shamsie
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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This long history of the expansion of executive power, often with the acquiescence of the courts, to violate and restrict civil liberties in the name of national security has ultimately brought us to our current situation.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Appeasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeasement. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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