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Adjective
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That shortlist provided constant fodder for conversation, and threatened to overwhelm the typical amiable pre-screening chatter about the actual program of films.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025 -
With his amiable persona and undeniable swag, LL also hosted the Grammys five years in row, from 2012 to 2016.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, leaders must ensure that empathy extends to all stakeholders, not just those who are familiar, agreeable, or aligned with their values.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Parents tend to favor daughters, firstborns, and children who are more conscientious and agreeable, a recent study found.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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This would work best not as the typical awards show dutiful sideline but integrated directly into the winner revelations.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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But Carter, as dutiful Democratic soldier, headlined a reception and chicken dinner to raise money for his former vice president, Walter Mondale, while Mondale prepared to accept the party’s presidential nomination.—
Mark Barabak,
The Mercury News,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The law features several procedural requirements, such as obliging the team to provide six months’ notice to the government.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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His fans gave him an obliging laugh; a father and son sitting beside me snickered loudly enough to be captured on camera.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
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Israeli medical specialists have concluded some hostages released in an earlier truce were drugged to keep them docile.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mark shares that this is his first time encountering an elf owl and explains how these tiny, docile birds lead secluded lives, often nesting in saguaro cactus cavities made by woodpeckers.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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In the 12th century, for instance, the Dutch began to drain swamps to create tractable land for agriculture.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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Like James’s governess, Christine becomes an author of sorts through her attempts to understand a situation that isn’t, in the end, all that tractable.—
Joanna Biggs,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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“Placable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placable. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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