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as in acquiescence
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as in inertia
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Recent Examples of passivity
But that idea assumes passivity from Warsh.
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Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
There’s a sense of surrender in the way this tune eroticizes total passivity, giving up control, just letting your feelings pound you to a bloody pulp.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
The three goals following Erling Haaland’s penalty showcased Liverpool’s passivity and, at times, apparent lack of desire.
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Andy Jones,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
That reflects an unserious passivity that permeates every level of the Sky organization.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for passivity
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
There’s a sense of surrender in the way this tune eroticizes total passivity, giving up control, just letting your feelings pound you to a bloody pulp.
—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
The three goals following Erling Haaland’s penalty showcased Liverpool’s passivity and, at times, apparent lack of desire.
—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
That reflects an unserious passivity that permeates every level of the Sky organization.
—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for passivity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passivity
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Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
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Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
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But don’t mistake the pace for inertia.
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LaGore further contextualizes current hesitation toward intermodal adoption within organizational memory and operational inertia.
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Attraction is a function of parentage and looks and submissiveness.
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But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.
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This matches a symptom of Alzheimer’s in men, who are likely to display signs of apathy, said Jaime Ross, a neuroscientist and the research paper’s senior author.
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The council’s decision to shelve so many reforms will only fuel public apathy and distrust, said Ross Weistroffer, an organizer with Fair Rep LA Coalition, a group of nonprofits that pushes for good government and fair representation.
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The deference is real, but so is the demand.
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Another is that Texas law accords substantial deference to private associations in their application of membership rules.
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Despite his relative passiveness, Brighton’s collective structure is strong.
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The humility lines up with the golfer Kaliszewki coached and watched for six years.
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Yet his calm self-confidence and assertive humility are within reach for all of us.
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But now, the Outback appears to be out of its stupor.
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Their apps seem clearly designed, much like TikTok and Candy Crush, to keep users scrolling and tapping in a hypnotic stupor.
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“Passivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passivity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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