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Recent Examples of complaisance Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity. Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022 Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article. Armond White, National Review, 16 Nov. 2022 What is lost is the look of complaisance that defines young founders looking for capital. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021 There are more emphatic reasons for the market’s complaisance. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2016
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friendliness
Noun
  • For cities, readers were asked to rate sights/landmarks, culture, food, friendliness, shopping and value.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • China’s growing friendliness toward South Korea might be partly motivated by the unstable situation on the international stage, Kim said.
    Julia Zhong, NBC news, 2 June 2025

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“Complaisance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complaisance. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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