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Recent Examples of nonaggressive
The spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them.
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Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
The other venomous snake native to the state, the northern copperhead, is mostly docile and nonaggressive, choosing to remain still and hidden rather than give away its position.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022
Unassuming, nonaggressive, close, complicated but not tortured: These are all words that describe the uniquely generous fictions of Louise Erdrich, which are just as concerned with oppression as Sebald’s but told with a completely different attitude toward human relationships.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources doesn't trap or remove bears with nonaggressive behavior.
—Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
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Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
The other venomous snake native to the state, the northern copperhead, is mostly docile and nonaggressive, choosing to remain still and hidden rather than give away its position.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022
Unassuming, nonaggressive, close, complicated but not tortured: These are all words that describe the uniquely generous fictions of Louise Erdrich, which are just as concerned with oppression as Sebald’s but told with a completely different attitude toward human relationships.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources doesn't trap or remove bears with nonaggressive behavior.
—Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonaggressive
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Meanwhile, dogs that lose fights or are seen as unaggressive are killed, oftentimes in heinous fashion, with many cases involving dogs being electrocuted, hung or beaten to death.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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Time flowed differently, and my vision felt soft and the world around me pure and unaggressive.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps, like Flaubert, Kubrick knew that his domestic tidiness and calmness enabled him to commit to the screen far less peaceable visions in such classic films as Dr. Strangelove (1964) or 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Nov. 2025
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Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.—
Adam Kirsch,
WSJ,
1 Oct. 2021
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Hobbits are small and unwarlike, with no interest in glory.—
Tom Shippey,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2017
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For not wanting to be nonbelligerent by naming the terms for belligerence.—
Solmaz Sharif,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
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Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.—
Charles Krauthammer,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2017
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Headlines daily chronicle war, murder, crime, road rage, social media threats and trivial disputes that turn deadly, which is why the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta continues spreading King's teachings on a more irenic way of life.—
Eliott C. McLaughlin,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2022
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In Kennedy’s postwar America, Catholics were viewed more favorably, thanks partly to the irenic pontificate of John XXIII.—
The Salt Lake Tribune,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
20 Apr. 2021
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Amid persisting violence from criminal groups in a country long considered a peaceful tourist hub, polling reveals that Costa Ricans are most concerned about security this year.—
Djenane Villanueva,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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After a peaceful march to the Georgia State Capitol that swelled into the hundreds, protestors returned to the area around the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN Center, where some confronted police, who sprayed some demonstrators with pepper spray.—
Ernie Suggs,
AJC.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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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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This neutral boundary-setting phrase avoids unnecessary over-explaining.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Up against one of the game’s best servers, the 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, Świątek’s lack of a release valve in tight moments and access to free points in more neutral ones led to a 7-5, 6-1 quarterfinal defeat.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Nonaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonaggressive. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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