conciliation

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Noun
  • As Senate Republicans work to advance President Donald Trump's spending and tax bill, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who is opposed to the reconciliation package because of the debt-limit increase, does a TV news interview at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
    Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
  • The whole committee will reconvene to debate and vote on its part of the reconciliation bill.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • There is a dark problem on Harvard’s campus, and by prioritizing appeasement over accountability, institutional leaders have forfeited the school's claim to taxpayer support.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
  • His use of the term appeasement echoed the criticism of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who conceded Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 before World War II.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The major sticking point in negotiations that kept the strike going for nearly a year was protections surrounding generative A.I., which the gaming companies made significant acquiescences to come their best, last and final offer.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 June 2025
  • His goal seems to be to scare the public into acquiescence.
    Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Start with small approvals that build toward larger acceptance.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • But because the discrimination is targeting Jewish students and Israel, there is a sinister tolerance and acceptance of this behavior.
    Ron Morganstern, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
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“Conciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conciliation. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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