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as in security blanket
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as in negotiator
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Recent Examples of pacifier
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.
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Colorado shared an image on social media of a young Ethan Holliday wielding a purple bat at Coors Field while sucking on a pacifier.
—Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Items like pacifiers and teething rings also fit well and come out fully sanitized.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 8 July 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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Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Colorado shared an image on social media of a young Ethan Holliday wielding a purple bat at Coors Field while sucking on a pacifier.
—Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Items like pacifiers and teething rings also fit well and come out fully sanitized.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 8 July 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
Noun
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The Eagles haven't been able to throw the ball really at all this season, and now Hurts doesn't have his security blanket at the right tackle spot.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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However, gold prices carry volatility of their own, especially when buyers enter the market at a high point, risking losses instead of a security blanket.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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After that, the city's labor negotiator switched to a different role and further staffing changes continued to delay the negotiation process.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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He was known as a tough negotiator on behalf of his A-list clients, and also for his deep sense of personal business ethics.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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The end of her life was, to borrow a phrase from Paul’s novel The Sheltering Sky, a dream of terror: in and out of hospitals; episodes of psychosis; copious amounts of gin, strokes, sedatives.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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At higher doses, kratom can be used as a sedative and potentially cause psychosis.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Especially for consumer-facing companies (like restaurant software company Toast) there were questions about whether subscription revenue was a good proxy for ARR.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Always fond of visual aids at his UN speeches, Netanyahu began by holding up a small map of Iran and its proxies in the region, boasting about Israeli military achievements over the past year.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 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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End-of-life patients in palliative or hospice care would also qualify for the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), as the state’s medical cannabis program is known.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Union attorneys argue the OMB overstepped its legal authority, asserting that federal law does not permit reductions in force during a lapse in appropriations.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Graf asked after attorneys for both sides had introduced themselves.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Road ahead To achieve further upside, the company will need to address several factors, including quality and recall issues as well as costs — areas Farley has tried to combat for years.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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As viewers know, the judges base their scores on a number of factors, including technique and performance, and can deduct points if performers break any golden dance rules.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Pacifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifier. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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