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Adjective
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Surrounded and protected by the lagoon that separates Argentario from the mainland, this amiable town feels like Madrid’s little Tuscan twin, with its sunny disposition, well developed café culture, and houses in every shade of ocher.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
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The fine lighting, thick tablecloths, settings and stemware are first class, and the waitstaff, since my last visit a few years back, is now measurably improved in its amiable professionalism.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The treaty did not pretend to name mutually agreeable arbitrators, either.—
Tom Bell,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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In this context, research uncovers an interesting trend: agreeable leaders are often perceived as more effective.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The energy burst obliterated AL (into a sperm and egg that the dutiful cleaner robot swept up), while Fifteen as a Time Lord was able to absorb the part of the blast directed at Belinda.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
12 Apr. 2025
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With numinous Neptune officially transiting your dutiful sixth house of health, work, routines and day-to-day affairs, your lifestyle is evolving.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The obliging royalty would lift their hems and give the crowd a glimpse of their sneakers and cowboy boots.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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It was perfectly weighted for an obliging Diaz, who gratefully tapped it in from just outside the six-yard box.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Jazz is much more docile and laid back, whereas Jax is high energy and was always the Alpha when playing with Jazz.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, the title of the series emphasizes how her approach invokes a broader, global discourse about the female body as a container of the concepts of the domestic, the sexualized, and the docile.—
María Elena Ortiz,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lord John and Claire check up on Henry (Harry Jarvis), who is doing very well, thanks to Mercy’s (Gloria Obianyo) duteous care.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
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The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years.—
John Altavilla,
courant.com,
12 May 2017
Adjective
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Placable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placable. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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