as in pacifistic
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go
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Recent Examples of dovish
BofA economists maintain their view that the next Fed Chair will guide the Federal Open Market Committee in a more dovish direction.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
In response to Powell's dovish remarks, the stock market roared higher last week.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Cook is considered a more dovish voter on the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee and has voted in line with Fed Chair Jerome Powell in keeping interest rates on hold.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
But, at Friday’s close, spurred by Powell’s dovish speech, the markets more than recovered, with three of the four major indexes in positive territory for the week (only the tech heavy Nasdaq was slightly negative).
—Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
In response to Powell's dovish remarks, the stock market roared higher last week.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Cook is considered a more dovish voter on the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee and has voted in line with Fed Chair Jerome Powell in keeping interest rates on hold.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
But, at Friday’s close, spurred by Powell’s dovish speech, the markets more than recovered, with three of the four major indexes in positive territory for the week (only the tech heavy Nasdaq was slightly negative).
—Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovish
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Not long ago such an utterance would have been political suicide in a country with a pacifist identity, but her rallies were packed, and party volunteers were out en masse, distributing flyers and buttonholing passersby.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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In this aching, unorthodox historical drama, Davies tells the story of the pacifist poet and veteran Siegfried Sassoon, whose experiences fighting in the First World War forever transformed him.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Courtesy: Apple Apple on Tuesday sent invites to the media and analysts for a launch event at its campus on September 9 at 10 A.M pacific time.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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My late grandfather, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, served in the pacific campaign.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Wishing all of you a peaceful start to this new year.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The strike force waited in armored vehicles at a staging area in Kenscoff, where a once peaceful region has been under gang attacks since the beginning of the year.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Dovish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovish. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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