appeasements

noun

plural of appeasement
1
as in mitigations

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2
as in conciliations

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  1. decreases
  2. reconciliations
  3. concessions
Noun
  • Throughout her reelection campaign, Bass has repeatedly touted two straight years of decreases in homelessness from 2024 to 2025 as one of her main arguments for why she should be given another four years by Angelenos.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Other states hit hard by the opioid epidemic also saw year-over-year decreases in fatal overdoses, including states that didn’t loosen Medicaid billing rules, like Tennessee and West Virginia.
    — Alex Acquisto, ProPublica, 30 July 2026
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  • When it was announced that the pair, who have had their fair share of feuds and reconciliations over the years, would be returning to the show for its upcoming season, El Moussa took to social media to revisit some of their past drama.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • Love, though, comes with spats and fits of temper, ruptures and reconciliations.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
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  • Earlier this month, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz warned the Cypriot government against using its EU membership and closer ties to Israel to extract concessions from Ankara.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • According to sources familiar with the ongoing discussions, here were the concessions made to the SEC and Big Ten around the PCSA.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
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