pacifiers

noun

plural of pacifier
1
as in sedatives

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2
as in appeasers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacifiers
  1. negotiators
  2. proxies
  3. attorneys
  4. factors
  5. deputies
  6. liaisons
  7. moderators
  8. agents
Noun
  • This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of negotiators
Noun
  • Using proxies for past weather and more recent observations, studies confirm that climate is warming.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Ceremonies will then be held in Iraq's ⁠shrine cities of ​Najaf and Kerbala on Wednesday with prominent attendees from Iran's regional network of Shi'ite proxies.
    — Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of proxies
Noun
  • The board unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Hilda Solis, directing county attorneys to send a letter to Lineage Logistics outlining a list of demands and requirements, and asking that the company respond within 48 hours.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
  • Dugan's attorneys declined to comment ahead of the sentencing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • Anyone with medical issues, livestock needs, or other factors that require more time to evacuate is encouraged to begin preparing immediately and to leave as soon as possible.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of factors
Noun
  • The company told deputies that someone at the Sheriff's Office or a Flock employee could have reactivated the feature, or that a system bug could have automatically activated it.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • The deputies yell at Stingley, in prone position, to stop resisting and at various times, one deputy kneels over Stingley, straddling his back and pressing his knee down on Stingley’s buttocks.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • From hunting liaisons to working partners to pets to show performers, probably the most inspiring of all dogs are those with the ability to find and save human lives.
    — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The Kreung people of northeastern Cambodia build huts for their adolescent daughters to use for erotic liaisons and encourage them to have as many of these as possible before choosing a husband.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of liaisons
Noun
  • The company is reportedly now blocking 23 million spam views and revoking nearly 2 million inauthentic votes per day, while pointing to the community moderators and users that have long played a role in combatting content that violates its rules.
    — Cody Luongo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Unlike moderators at for-profit platforms, Wikipedia cannot simply hire more administrators.
    — Ryan McGrady, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
Definition of moderators
Noun
  • Dugan's case marked the first time that a state judge in Wisconsin went to trial on charges of obstructing immigration agents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • But while police continued to piece together the case, Yepez was detained by federal immigration agents.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of agents
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