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Recent Examples of conciliation
In a recent joint conversation with CBS This Morning, Usha told reporter Robert Costa about her husband’s skill for conciliation.
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Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
The hospital said the EEOC did not approach conciliation in good faith and demanded excessive financial penalties, according to the September response for Kotan’s case.
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Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
Halifax managed to be a senior advisor to both King James and King William, seeking national conciliation.
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David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
That involved no conciliation that threatened the United States in any way.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
As part of the three-year conciliation agreement, Louisville Comedy Club will conduct Title VII training for employees and post an equal employment opportunity non-discrimination notice in addition to the monetary damages.
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Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Mar. 2026
How Anthropic's investors lobby Amodei behind the scenes—either pushing for conciliation or urging it to hold firm—could shape the outcome of the standoff.
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Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
Baker School Dean Marianne Wanamaker described the award as an an attempt to honor those who continue to dare to do the essential work that goes into conciliation and compromise.
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Maria Guinnip,
Oklahoman,
18 Feb. 2026
On November 6, 1978, while riots raged throughout Tehran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, addressed the nation in a rhetoric of conciliation.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
The hospital said the EEOC did not approach conciliation in good faith and demanded excessive financial penalties, according to the September response for Kotan’s case.
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Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
Halifax managed to be a senior advisor to both King James and King William, seeking national conciliation.
—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
That involved no conciliation that threatened the United States in any way.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
As part of the three-year conciliation agreement, Louisville Comedy Club will conduct Title VII training for employees and post an equal employment opportunity non-discrimination notice in addition to the monetary damages.
—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Mar. 2026
How Anthropic's investors lobby Amodei behind the scenes—either pushing for conciliation or urging it to hold firm—could shape the outcome of the standoff.
—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
Baker School Dean Marianne Wanamaker described the award as an an attempt to honor those who continue to dare to do the essential work that goes into conciliation and compromise.
—
Maria Guinnip,
Oklahoman,
18 Feb. 2026
On November 6, 1978, while riots raged throughout Tehran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, addressed the nation in a rhetoric of conciliation.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conciliation
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While reflecting on their reconciliation during a July 2024 appearance on Bachelor Happy Hour, Kylee said Aven initially made meaningful efforts to rebuild trust.
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Republicans have used the budget reconciliation process twice in this Congress to approve party-line legislation.
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After a brief burst of good ratings results, CBS News is once against under a dark cloud of allegations of MAGA appeasement and corporate-overlord overreach.
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So was the England of 1939, which horrified Forster with its antisemitism and politics of Nazi appeasement.
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Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
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Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
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Last year, voters showed a growing acceptance of the horror genre by awarding Oscars to Sinners and Weapons.
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That wistful undertow stems from Zimmerman’s casual acceptance of his advancing age.
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“Conciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conciliation. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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