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pacifier

noun

Definition of pacifier

as in security blanket

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as in negotiator

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Recent Examples of pacifier Silicone food bags, baking mats, spatulas, baby pacifiers and collapsible water bottles are now marketed as eco-friendlier replacements for disposable plastics and aging nonstick cookware. — Ryan Brennan may 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 As a result, vaguebooking becomes a passive-aggressive pacifier to soothe the discomfort of explicitly addressing disagreements and communicating one’s feelings. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Margo’s Got Money Troubles premiered the same week as the third season of HBO’s nihilistic teen drama Euphoria, in which Sydney Sweeney’s dead-eyed Cassie has taken to the popular subscription service, dressing up as a seductive puppy and even a pacifier-sucking baby. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 In Episode 2, Cassie dresses like a baby and sucks on a pacifier, which caused quite a stir online. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pacifier

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Noun

Although a security blanket shut down central Paris to road traffic, the party-like atmosphere drew people of multiple faiths and no faith at all.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Tucker Kraft has been a nice security blanket for the Packers, catching five of nine targets for 80 yards.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of security blanket

Noun

The Virginia State Police tactical team and a negotiator were brought to the scene.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in earlier talks with the United States, provided a rare public acknowledgment of the internal divide.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiator

Noun

Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, was administered two doses of just one drug, pentobarbital, a sedative.

— Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
When Riechmann's mother was pregnant with her in the early 1960s, the doctor gave her a new sedative to help with her nausea.

— Tana Weingartner, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of sedative

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Hammer’s insistence that his show uses its guests as educational proxies to teach its viewers what not to do, and how not to live, feels far more suspect than Springer’s goofy raison d’être, and way less fun.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Including that this may be activity committed by proxies, or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of proxy

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Jamal, who co-founded the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, which helps immigrants find pro bono attorneys, also helped retain a lawyer for the Somali teenager charged with piracy in the infamous Captain Richard Phillips hostage-taking.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Federal government attorneys say the lawsuits are a backdoor way to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and amount to an unconstitutional power grab.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorney

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The first pediatric palliative care center license was recently granted in Iowa, and Mason's Light House is currently fundraising for construction.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Equally vital, aging misers addicted to their vocations need palliatives and surrogates for the drug of importance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of palliative

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Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

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