resignedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignedness
Noun
  • Yet, the lesson of the Voting Rights Act is that the response to these setbacks isn’t despair or acquiescence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this revenge is the acquiescence of his support base and the GOP representatives to the raw hatred unleashed by our Emir of Evil.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In deference to the late, great Ryne Sandberg, who died from acute prostate cancer this past July at 65, this column about the current Cubs-Padres Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field is for him.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For human rights advocates, Johnson’s reluctance to forcefully criticize Bukele at the time was a sign of his undue deference to the Salvadoran leader.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While submissions for the festival come from all over the world, the festival experience itself is geared toward local Carolinians.
    Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Reader predictions Thank you for your submissions last week.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Consequently, every knowledge worker must adopt a risk management mindset, constantly assessing the potential blast radius of their prompts and acting as a steward of their company’s data, controls, and compliance obligations.
    Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Because some agencies track students’ compliance with vaccine requirements — not actual vaccination status — the true vaccination rate could be lower than reported in those instances.
    Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Think movement rather than stagnation, discussion rather than passivity.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • While some of the explanation for the result lies in Aston Villa’s strange passivity, Sunderland’s attitude to losing Reinildo and then going behind to Matty Cash’s 67th-minute long-range shot delighted Le Bris and the home support.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Your patience, humility, and insightful observation now will pay off for you later on once things start to get into a flow!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His confidence blended with humility.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • There is no meekness to his game.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Resignedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignedness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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