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Recent Examples of submissive This dynamic inadvertently fosters a dominant/submissive power play, providing Romy with an unexpected outlet to explore and indulge her kinks. Robert Lang, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 Cowed by DeSantis, weak and submissive lawmakers unquestioningly approved his culture-war agenda. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025 The issue then was DeSantis’ marginalizing of Black voting strength in North Florida, forcing a submissive Legislature to swallow his map of congressional districts — an issue that’s the Legislature’s prerogative. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025 What’s more, the deal would very likely provoke a political and military crisis in Ukraine, which Russia could exploit to finally achieve its objective of turning the country into a submissive dominion. Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for submissive
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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
  • 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

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“Submissive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submissive. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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