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Recent Examples of cowardice Complacency, cowardice and meek self-preservation won’t do here and now. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025 The actions of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and the rest of the tech bros in the wake of Trump’s election have been profiles in cowardice. Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 The cynicism derives from at least two interrelated forms of corporate cowardice. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025 That's what people are upset about. SHAKIR: There's a cowardice of a Republican Party and a political establishment, no one wants to stand up to him. ABC News, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cowardice
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pusillanimity
Noun
  • Reid’s statement was striking for its sheer pusillanimity.
    Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
  • What a profile in pusillanimity.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 May 2022

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“Cowardice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowardice. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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