variants
or detentes
as in rapprochements
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Noun
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The group shares everything from preschool graduations to college acceptances and other milestones.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026 -
If a student has received multiple college acceptances, some timely decisions need to be made.—
Eric Greenberg,
AJC.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Avalos-Morales and a relative got into a fight with the men near the concessions stand.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Other élites fiercely resisted the populist surge but refused to make meaningful concessions to address the citizenry’s core grievances.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Détentes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9tentes. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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