embracement

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Recent Examples of embracement But Cygnet Infinity—which received gold at the Spirits Business’s Low & No Masters 2026 Awards—is less about abstinence than embracement. Nick Scott, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026 That embracement has helped the military enlist between 128,000 and 190,000 new service members annually since the 1990s, even though some armed forces, especially the Army, have struggled to meet their recruiting goals in the past few years. Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embracement
Noun
  • Last year, voters showed a growing acceptance of the horror genre by awarding Oscars to Sinners and Weapons.
    Sophia Morano, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • That wistful undertow stems from Zimmerman’s casual acceptance of his advancing age.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Brunson routinely greets Hargitay with an embrace after games — so much so that fellow Knicks superfan Ben Stiller admitted to being jealous of their bond.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • Advertisement What’s missing in Africa is not the innate ability or willingness, but rather the uniform embrace of these qualities.
    Jeremy Ebobisse, Time, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Housing construction would follow as projects receive approvals.
    Beret Leone, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • The Obama-era Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which requires presidents to submit agreements related to Iran’s nuclear program to Congress for approval, temporarily bars the president from waiving sanctions while lawmakers review.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The consent order would be updated multiple times to give the company more time to plug remaining wells.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • In the United States, at least 19 states have already passed laws restricting minors’ access to social media platforms — with eight states enacting outright bans or parental consent requirements.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 June 2026

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“Embracement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embracement. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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