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as in mitigation
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as in conciliation
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Recent Examples of appeasement
Trump’s opening moves have drawn howls of protest and prompted accusations of appeasement.
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A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Fraught Diplomacy Taiwan paired economic appeasement with a diplomatic blitz.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
But Trump's disruption of the Western alliance, his appeasement of autocrats, and his abandonment of global stability have made the world a far scarier place.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Taiwan miscalculated, leaning too hard into economic appeasement and disastrous diplomatic outreach.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Fraught Diplomacy Taiwan paired economic appeasement with a diplomatic blitz.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
But Trump's disruption of the Western alliance, his appeasement of autocrats, and his abandonment of global stability have made the world a far scarier place.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Taiwan miscalculated, leaning too hard into economic appeasement and disastrous diplomatic outreach.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeasement
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The search is on for additional approaches that will offer a deep mitigation of plastic without positioning the oil and gas industry at the heart of the solution.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
22 May 2025
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Such mitigation efforts, while part of the solution, will fail to protect properties from the several feet high storm surges that a hurricane can generate.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Next week promises to be another exciting week as the Senate tackles the reconciliation bill—so stay tuned.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Prince William and Kate Middleton have had to contend with divorce rumors, and then reconciliation rumors, and then reports that Middleton was trying to intercede in the relationship between her husband and Prince Harry.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
31 May 2025
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Hard Rock Northern Indiana saw a decrease in earnings with about $38.5 million reported for March 2025 compared to $42.6 million reported in March 2024.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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The annual point-in-time count, which was publicly released Tuesday, saw decreases in shelters and on sidewalks.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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In a post-American Europe, Moscow would establish a patchwork of individual relationships with European countries, confronting some with territorial threats and gray-zone tactics (such as disinformation campaigns) and rewarding others for their acquiescence with cheap energy.—
Liana Fix,
Foreign Affairs,
1 May 2025
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Their children and grandchildren will read about their silence, acquiescence, and cowardice.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Appeasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeasement. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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