conciliation

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Noun
  • The Budget Committee was responsible for stitching together the various parts of the reconciliation package into a single bill, and could not make modifications.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 19 May 2025
  • Republicans' attempts to make President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent as part of the reconciliation package threaten to increase the federal debt by trillions of dollars.
    Annie Nova,Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • More: Former President Joe Biden accuses Trump of appeasement of Russia Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day ceasefire.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 8 May 2025
  • Trump’s opening moves have drawn howls of protest and prompted accusations of appeasement.
    A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If anything, acquiescence would create a further basis to claim that the university is not compliant, which risks even more encroachments on academic freedom.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Details of such bills are typically negotiated between the two parties, particularly because votes in the Senate require 60 votes to pass, effectively requiring acquiescence of the minority party.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • However, other traits like emotional acceptance or being highly goal-focused sometimes led to less supportive dynamics, suggesting that what’s adaptive for an individual may not always strengthen the relationship.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • There were thanks for Lineker’s contributions from the BBC’s director general Tim Davie but also the acceptance that there could be no reconciliation this time.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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“Conciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conciliation. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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