appeasements

noun

plural of appeasement
1
as in mitigations

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as in conciliations

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  1. decreases
  2. reconciliations
  3. diminishments
  4. concessions
Noun
  • Even with efforts to provide additional access to harm-reduction protections, escalating criminal penalties have not produced the treatment gains or decreases in overdose deaths in Colorado that proponents promised.
    — Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When evidence is incomplete or when confidence decreases and risk increases, autonomy should be reduced and the human boundary tightened.
    — Asaf Wiener, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreases
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  • Agents now match reconciliations, draft journal entries, suggest accrual estimates and write the variance commentary that goes to the audit committee.
    — Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • After an on and off relationship marked by multiple splits and reconciliations, the pair eventually filed for divorce.
    — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of reconciliations
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  • But in Zoe Kazan’s version, those diminishments let Lee become the new core of the show’s depiction of purpose and responsibility.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminishments
Noun
  • Eventually, committee members discussed dissolving the committee or resigning from the board if Zuckerberg wouldn’t make concessions for the benefit of all Class A shareholders.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In some ways, collective action won — as in 1968, when student demonstrations and a general strike forced the government to grant concessions like an increase in the minimum wage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
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