1
as in security blanket
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as in negotiator
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Recent Examples of pacifier
Screenshots from a September 12 TikTok video of a cleft palate puppy using a pacifier to mimic his nursing littermates.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Latex or silicone pacifiers cost between $3 and 5, while natural rubber pacifiers are closer to $8-$12.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
The decorated soccer played added several snaps of him and Harper embracing one another throughout the years, including an adorable photo of Harper as a toddler with a pacifier in her mouth hugging David.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
There is no magic age that your child should stop using a pacifier or sucking their thumb.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 May 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Latex or silicone pacifiers cost between $3 and 5, while natural rubber pacifiers are closer to $8-$12.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
The decorated soccer played added several snaps of him and Harper embracing one another throughout the years, including an adorable photo of Harper as a toddler with a pacifier in her mouth hugging David.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
There is no magic age that your child should stop using a pacifier or sucking their thumb.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacifier
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The ballpark has a retractable roof, which is a helpful security blanket in case the weather is not conducive for a game of ice hockey.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 Dec. 2025
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However, gold and silver prices carry volatility of their own, especially when buyers enter the market at a high point, risking losses instead of providing a security blanket, some analysts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Belot said that Kasatkin was accused of having acted as a negotiator for a team of hackers.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Under Maduro, Rodríguez consolidated his role as a top negotiator and power broker.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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Florida’s lethal injections use a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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Florida executions are done via lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, per the state's Department of Corrections.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
19 Dec. 2025
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After that, three more were first shot with tranquilizer darts, identified as adults, and then euthanized.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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Experts note that facilities housing primates conduct routine drills and maintain tranquilizer equipment for rare escape events such as this one.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
17 Nov. 2025
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To make sure traffic always flows through their infrastructure, the extensions dynamically reconfigure Chrome's proxy settings using an auto-configuration script.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, the regime still maintained its proxy and partner network across the Middle East; its nuclear program, too, provided a protective shell.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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In 2018, Kushner’s relationship with Videgaray was a crucial palliative, as the two men worked to resolve disputes behind the scenes.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
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Most people do not understand how effective good palliative and hospice care is at identifying and treating all types of suffering.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
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The Star reached out to both Rice’s agent and an attorney who has represented him in the past, as well as the NFL, on the matter.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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An attorney representing the bakery says there's a reason the owners live and work on the property.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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His reckless decision to escalate the aggression and number of immigration agents is a causal factor, regardless of the outcome of an investigation into this tragic death.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Researchers revealed that one of the key factors that enabled Despotopulos and his team to make these first-ever experimental measurements was access to the world’s highest-energy laser system, located at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Pacifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifier. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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