as in passive
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans
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as in relinquished
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
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Recent Examples of resigned
Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
While adopting a resigned wait-it-out slouch, a running thread at the summit came down to a simple but actionable question: At what point has the United States entered into a constitutional crisis?
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Kathy Lohr, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
In 2023, Ward served as head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL but resigned after one 3-7 season.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The goat had a resigned look in her eyes as the rancher pressed her udder and aimed a stream of milk into a tall cup.
—Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
While adopting a resigned wait-it-out slouch, a running thread at the summit came down to a simple but actionable question: At what point has the United States entered into a constitutional crisis?
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
But Carter resigned from the Navy in 1953 after his father died.
—Kathy Lohr, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
In 2023, Ward served as head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL but resigned after one 3-7 season.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resigned
Adjective
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The same goes for using passive language or not taking ownership of what went wrong.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
7 July 2025
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Meet your new manager: software that watches, scores, and reports Modern AI systems are no longer passive dashboards.—
Andrew Fennell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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The scale asks whether a respondent tends to prefer children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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Those who tend to favor obedient children are scored as having more authoritarian views.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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People are willing to go in, not just for the sake of being re-elected or for making money or some kind of fame, but for the people.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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Furthermore, success stories will only emerge from firms willing to rethink workflows from the ground up.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Guthrie, her fiancé, took to casually goading Loeb about how Twysden now spurned him, while Loeb accepted the insults with a stoic passivity, mooning over Twysden, the others felt, like a lovesick puppy.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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His Superman is also very passionate and vocal, breaking from the traditionally stoic hero.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The hybridization made these more tolerant of the sun.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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After his death the day after Easter at age 88, Francis was hailed for pushing Catholics and others to forsake egotism and materialism in favor of a kinder, more tolerant world focused above all on the marginalized.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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These prices tend to reflect the higher yielding asking price versus the lower yielding bid price.—
Barnet Sherman,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Net interest income for the quarter was $72.2 million, compared to $62.2 million in the previous year, driven by growth in higher yielding loans, primarily from CCBX.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
8 Nov. 2024
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“Resigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resigned. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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