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Noun
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Lifting them out of the ground requires some gentleness to avoid damaging them.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Politics depends on coalitions of the willing, but who, exactly, comprises the constituency for gentleness?—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.—
Lesley M.M. Blume,
Town & Country,
6 Dec. 2022
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Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Nov. 2022
Noun
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According to PetMD, a cat’s tail shaped like a question mark—standing upright with a curved tip—is typically a sign of friendliness and curiosity, not hostility.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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For any sportsman living in the Eastern half of the nation, one of the great things about a hunt in the West, in my opinion, is the chance to sample the matchless friendliness and hospital ity of the people there.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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People can deliberately cultivate more conscientiousness, boost their sociability or soften their neurotic edges.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Poodle combines intelligence with sociability.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Placability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placability. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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