retiringness

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Noun
  • The federal government’s success in strong-arming Ryan to resign and the UVA Board’s acquiescence to it have been viewed by higher education officials as one more alarming step by the Trump administration to strip away university autonomy and self-governance.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.
    Kamila Shamsie June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • My testimony noted that while legislators will no longer be able to pass ambiguous laws with the expectation that agencies’ interpretations will get deference, Congress will not necessarily have to write statutory language that is detailed and prescriptive.
    Susan E. Dudley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Trump’s own messaging around Gaza — that there is a genuine humanitarian crisis on the ground but that Israel deserves deference to operate — is reflective of the differing views among his own supporters.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • The concern now is not diffidence in New Delhi, but diffidence in Washington.
    Nirupama Rao, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025
  • One reason for the diffidence may be that Shao-Horn already has another project for building larger electrodes to be used in EV applications.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2010
Noun
  • Epic said the average employee works between 44 and 45 hours a week, based on monthly time sheet submissions between June 2024 and June 2025.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Some 80 submissions responded to Sanfic Lab’s Open Call, making selection even more daunting.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Retiringness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retiringness. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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