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The policies can implement encryption policies, limit access without permission, facilitate logging and avoid insecure designs.
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If only the show’s producers (Ego Nwodim and Caleb Hearon) weren’t so committed to accurately framing Rudd as the insecure sibling with a very big chip on his very big shoulder.
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As the trailer tells us, the pleasantly diffident Mona (Moore) is thrown way out of orbit following an audition for a musical show.
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To strangers, Kay seemed demure, diffident, even shy, an impression her youthful appearance helped create.
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Playing Mary Bennet — Elizabeth’s younger and more timid sister — Bruccoleri set out to portray the coming of age story of a Regency woman.
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Don’t be timid; get the crust good and wet before proceeding.
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Contrasting her with the meek, mysterious, and passive Anthy, the series examines the constrictions both men and women face via traditional gender roles, with an eye towards gender fluidity that remains radical today.
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The series centers on Cha Myung-jo, a meek worker at a company producing imitation character stickers who, despite nominally heading his household, lives in the shadow of his far more capable wife.
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This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock.
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Accommodating, which is unassertive and cooperative, prioritizes the needs and preferences of others over one’s own in order to maintain harmony.
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“Self-distrustful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-distrustful. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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