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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

Diggs was a security blanket for Patriots quarterback Drake Maye last season.

— Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 July 2026
As the Dolphins operated in late-game clock-management situations, Atwell served as quarterback Quinn Ewers’ security blanket.

— Tyler Carmona June 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

Definition of security blanket

Noun

Paraag Marathe, the San Francisco 49ers’ executive VP of football operations and owner Jed York’s right-hand man and chief contract negotiator for nearly a quarter of a century, is stepping aside to focus on Leeds United and Rangers FC.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Today that someone is David Kolen, a thirtysomething labor negotiator from Chicago at Eaux Claires with two friends.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Definition of negotiator

Noun

Native to the Pacific Islands, its active compounds (kavalactones) act directly on the brain's GABA receptors much like a mild sedative and are typically used for acute anxiety or insomnia.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
All Florida executions are carried out by lethal injection of a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.

— CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Definition of sedative

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Normally, Privacy Bee uses a proxy email to avoid giving away your real address.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
The race between the progressive former health official and Stevens, a moderate congresswomen, has served as an increasingly bitter proxy fight between the national Democratic Party's ideological factions.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of proxy

Noun

Other monkeys, including some of the larger and more dominant macaques, had to be subdued with tranquilizer darts before they could be captured.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
The worrisome drug withdrawal popping up in jails A powerful tranquilizer has started to accompany fentanyl in the country’s illicit opioid supply, and jails are struggling to handle the drug’s excruciating, complicated withdrawal symptoms.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 26 June 2026

Definition of tranquilizer

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According to their attorney, an unmarked vehicle carrying immigration agents attempted to pull them over near Dundalk Avenue and O'Donnell Street.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to attorneys for both Carradine’s family and the regents of the University of California for comment.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 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

Noun

How much these psychosocial factors directly correlate with on-pitch success remains unclear, but this would not be the first time cultural links are made between football and national identity.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Ed Kaz Oak Park The excitement over the Dodgers getting Tarik Skubal should be tempered by a couple of factors.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

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