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Adjective
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The radical left has become more and more like the characters in a Charles Dickens novel, crammed to the seams with amiable idiots and moral monstrosities.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025 -
Likewise, the amiable relationship between former and sitting presidents shows that if party leaders could overcome partisanship in the name of unity and friendship, so too could other Americans.—
Peter Kastor,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Women provided cheap, docile, and uncomplaining behind-the-scenes labor in an expensive industry whose glamour was all in the hardware.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
14 Apr. 2025
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Smith derailed Vitor Petrino in May 2024 when the veteran made the Brazilian KO artist look docile, defeating him easily in the first round via submission.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But tractable torque delivery of 324 lb-ft, which hits at 5,800 rpm, makes the process of revving and gearshifting an absolute pleasure.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Gabriel Navarro and two colleagues turned one of group theory’s biggest open conjectures into a tractable problem.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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According to the new framing, Russia’s real fight is against the mighty United States, which wants to destroy it, while Ukraine—just like the European Union and NATO—is merely an obedient U.S. satellite.—
Andrei Kolesnikov,
Foreign Affairs,
25 May 2023
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
Marie Bostwick,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump was demanding deference from Zelenskyy to show his inferior and submissive position as a recipient of U.S. aid and military support.—
Shannon Bow O'Brien,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To be sure, China may never become the kind of country many Western optimists imagined in the early post–Cold War decades: a gradually more liberal and obliging member of the U.S.-led international order.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The obliging royalty would lift their hems and give the crowd a glimpse of their sneakers and cowboy boots.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Judges tend to be highly deferential to the privacy claims raised by these educational institutions.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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Newsom’s deferential tone toward far-right guests like Charlie Kirk and Michael Savage—including agreeing with Kirk’s stance on banning transgender athletes from women’s sports—has alienated progressive allies and LGBTQ+ advocates, undermining his reputation as a champion of LGBTQ+ rights[1][7][9].—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the Administration’s view, the only good court is a compliant court.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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Now that enforcement is soon to begin, however, those who do not secure a compliant ID in time will soon be unable to enter federal facilities or board domestic flights.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Ruly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruly. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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