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as in peaceful
tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility
as a pacific gesture, we invited our feuding neighbors to our backyard barbecue
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as in pacifistic
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
a pacific nation that has managed to remain neutral even during times of world conflict
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And then, of course, there was Allende’s pacific…revolution.
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Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Sep. 2023
The press censor—for so long a malevolent presence in the lives of even the most pacific journalists—was largely set aside.
—James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
Partly for this reason—and because of his vulnerability in the face of sudden and drastic changes—there’s something innocently pacific and constructive about the furies that emerge from Tomas’s guileless candor and impulsive ardor.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
Kaoru Kobayashi plays the taciturn proprietor and chef with the pacific solidity of a 20th century movie hero.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
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Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Sep. 2023
The press censor—for so long a malevolent presence in the lives of even the most pacific journalists—was largely set aside.
—James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
Partly for this reason—and because of his vulnerability in the face of sudden and drastic changes—there’s something innocently pacific and constructive about the furies that emerge from Tomas’s guileless candor and impulsive ardor.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
Kaoru Kobayashi plays the taciturn proprietor and chef with the pacific solidity of a 20th century movie hero.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
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“Pacific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacific. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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