mollification

Definition of mollificationnext

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Noun
  • When the television official found Love guilty of foul play without mitigation, the All Blacks were 7-0 down and reduced to 14 men.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Prior to its cancellation, the parade route had been shortened as a heat mitigation effort.
    Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Despite the criticism Williams has received for her hiring practices, Beasley-Pittman noted a decrease in the city’s personnel budget growth.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Yet, if investments in digital defense hit record highs every year, why doesn't corporate vulnerability decrease?
    Vicente Pava, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Inflation is rising in the aftermath of the Iran war, having already gotten a boost from tariffs enacted last year, even as wage growth continues a longer-term moderation.
    Dan Mangan,Luke Fountain,Kevin Breuninger,Garrett Downs,Ashley Capoot,Justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • Much has changed since the first biopic's release, with parent company Meta issuing controversial updates to its content moderation protocols and community standards across Facebook and Instagram.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Peace under these conditions is little more than a postponement of hostilities, and the risks of appeasement are always high.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026
  • But appeasement will only aid Xi Jinping’s imperial goals.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Chinese diplomats and the foreign ministry say that their outreach in the region is aimed at building friendship and assisting countries with poverty alleviation, agricultural and economic development, and law and order.
    Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.
    Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But the everyday diminishment of vitality, mobility and equanimity defined life in 1776.
    Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Asking this question is not a diminishment of what June 19 means.
    Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
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“Mollification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollification. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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