mollification

Definition of mollificationnext

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Noun
  • The executive-level role will serve as a single point of accountability for public health monitoring, infrastructure mitigation, emergency response, environmental protection and intergovernmental advocacy.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • On the map In sourcing, risk mitigation and diversification remain popular game plans.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • If the decrease in air pressure is severe enough — 24 millibars in 24 hours — bombogenesis takes place and a bomb cyclone results.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • While this reflected the decrease in broadband customers, it was partially offset by higher average rates, Comcast said.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Next week, the metro will experience gradual moderation with highs climbing back into the teens and 20s.
    Joseph Dames, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Instead of shutting off the internet due to hybrid warfare in Sudan, the Thomson Foundation calls for more moderation by social media platforms, including quickly blocking fake accounts and reducing the reach of hate speech.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That appeasement only emboldened Hitler, and the rest is history.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In this world of super conference consolidation, there is too much appeasement of all things Big Ten and the SEC.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This concurrence is perhaps a more pernicious one, because both menopause and dementia involve—or, in the case of menopause, can involve—the diminishment of cognitive function.
    Anna Holmes, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The diminishment of free speech.
    Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Mollification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollification. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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