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Noun
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The timidity of the tactics was utterly shameful.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025 -
Indulgence can tip over into self-indulgence all too easily; holding back can result in a timidity that makes a song sound at odds with its subject.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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On April 5, 2024, the civil suit was stayed in deference of a federal criminal investigation into the human trafficking allegations Plaintiffs made.—
Naveed Jamali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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In those cases, a majority of the Supreme Court showed deference to Trump's firing power, at least on an interim basis, while the litigation plays out.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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And has done so with the kind of diffidence that can only come from a lifetime in the sports backwaters.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
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The concern now is not diffidence in New Delhi, but diffidence in Washington.—
Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Affairs,
30 July 2025
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However, nominators − worldwide members of research academies, university professors, scientists, previous Nobel Prize laureates and members of parliamentary assemblies and others − can choose to reveal their submissions.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Our Hot Ones submissions for this year, which are an annual barometer of what’s hot and what’s not, are stacked full of guessing-game formats covered with The Traitors’ pawprints.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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That quietness wasn't typical, Chyna Sands said.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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She was particularly struck by the quietness of Latronico, and noticed that there didn’t seem to be any children around.—
Silvia Marchetti,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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Chambers, meanwhile, is leaning into shyness on this album cycle by frequently covering her face in photos.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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This can range from occasional nerves and shyness to paralyzing fears of social situations and people.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Retiringness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retiringness. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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