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Recent Examples of conciliation
When approached to intervene, brands default to the position that their hands are tied, pointing to the union’s lack of legal status and MoLVT conciliation notes that side with the employer.
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Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Petro appeared to seek conciliation with Trump with a June 23 letter that rescinded his accusations of Rubio leading a plot to overthrow him.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Petro appeared to seek conciliation with Trump with a June 23 letter that rescinded his accusations of Rubio leading a plot to overthrow him.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conciliation
Noun
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Despite reconciliation rumor speculation in the comments of the post, a source told PEOPLE at the time that the exes are not back together.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The movie ends with a moment of reconciliation, when Bruce greets his father after a concert and shares a few words with him.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, successive American presidents have entered office and engaged with Russia under the illusion that personal relationships with Russia’s leaders, mutual economic interest and appeasement of Russian demands would transform Russia’s role in the world.—
Kathleen Collins,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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Some of his targets have learned through bitter experience that preëmptive appeasement only opens the door to escalating demands.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
19 Oct. 2025
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Yet, the lesson of the Voting Rights Act is that the response to these setbacks isn’t despair or acquiescence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Columbarium interest in the Catholic church has grown for several reasons, including growing acceptance of cremation, cost and convenience.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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According to Goldstein, the current issues with eVTOLs operating without pilots are a mixture of regulatory, infrastructure in terms of communicating with other aircraft and controllers on the ground, and consumer acceptance.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Conciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conciliation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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