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Noun
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And acquiescence can be contagious.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Even if clemency led the White House to dial back the ongoing efforts to punish Colorado, acquiescence today only invites future harassment.—
Max Potter,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Inflation is not the only peril such deference would invite, or even the worst.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Courts continue to adjudicate but with growing deference on matters touching the regime’s ideological core.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The submissions were also sent to prosecutor Daniel Porceddu, who didn't check their accuracy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And at the federal level, Congress is pressing pause on a new hemp definition that would have reshaped THC compliance nationwide.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Deutsche Bank has been trying to overcome a long history of compliance failures and regulatory scandals.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her hollow eyes and unflinching face lend Ju-Ju a gut-wrenching passivity and naivete.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes the passivity results in long periods of unemployment or underemployment in which the husband neither looks for work nor does any extra parenting or housework.—
Oona Metz,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hire for curiosity and humility.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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But to move forward, liberals will need to welcome back disillusioned voters, with grace and humility.—
Jamie Holmes,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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May the Spirit of God, who is truth and strength, and instils meekness and courage, sustain you.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
9 Oct. 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Resignedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignedness. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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