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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.
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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
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
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The infrastructure passed national acceptance in February 2025 and brings together ultra-low temperatures, strong magnetic fields, ultra-high pressure, and ultrafast optical systems in one location.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Global Compassion Coalition says that the first step to overcoming helplessness is to practice acceptance instead of resistance, which is a hard pill to take at the moment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Passage of this resolution was tantamount to acquiescence by Congress, granting the president the authority to respond militarily by sending thousands of troops to fight in Vietnam.—
Richard Cherwitz,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Despite that goal, the Utah Legislature’s Republican supermajority, with Cox’s acquiescence, has taken a hard turn against solar power — which has been coming online faster than any other source in Utah and accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
12 Dec. 2025
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O’Hara launched her extraordinary career as one of the ensemble members of the star-making cast of SCTV before gaining acclaim in such films as Beetlejuice, Home Alone, A Mighty Wind and, in a full-circle embrace of her TV roots that earned her an Emmy Award, Schitt’s Creek.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
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In that time braids have adapted to be many things—evidence of tribal affiliation and a map to communicate the journey to freedom, and, more recently, an embrace of Blackness and a ready-to-wear protective style.—
Ambreia Meadows-Fernandez,
Parents,
30 Jan. 2026
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The practice allows home-state senators to block nominees from their state by withholding approval — a power Trump has likened to the Senate filibuster and urged Republicans to abolish.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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The crowd rose to its feet, clapping and shouting in approval.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has refused to budge, defending blue slips as a core component of the Senate’s constitutional role in providing advice and consent.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits school personnel from disclosing a student's records to an immigration official unless the school has consent from the student’s parent or the official has a valid subpoena or court order.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Embracement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embracement. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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