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Noun
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Judges are no longer expected to defer to agency interpretation when a statute is ambiguous, meaning judicial deference to agencies, including those in the Trump administration, has been reduced.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 July 2025 -
And in Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo (2024), the Court effectively overturned the Chevron doctrine, a 40-year precedent that had granted deference to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous laws.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Behind the humility lies a career moment: another piece of recognition for her work that’s long been critically admired, often under the radar, but now gaining broader appreciation.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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But the original poster is quick to respond, showing humility and self-awareness.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2025
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Russia has not budged one inch from its demand for total capitulation and subservience from Kyiv, and has only increased its missile barrage on Ukrainian cities.—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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In other ways, this passive social robot design aligns with paternalistic standards that link assistance to subservience.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 June 2025
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However, a Crisis Negotiation Team was able to negotiate his surrender.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
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Combs’ lawyers also listed the residence as his preferred place to await sentencing, with limited travel for legal purposes only, and offered to have the 55-year-old surrender his passport.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
29 July 2025
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The federal government’s success in strong-arming Ryan to resign and the UVA Board’s acquiescence to it have been viewed by higher education officials as one more alarming step by the Trump administration to strip away university autonomy and self-governance.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.—
Kamila Shamsie
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Among its other attributes, Superman is shot through with a winning modesty, embodied by Reeve’s no-big-deal depiction of Superman.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Some riders cycle in their underwear or in swimsuits due to personal modesty or chafing.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The deal is seen by many in Japan as a capitulation, a Bloomberg columnist wrote: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had vowed to protect the car industry, but autos will be subject to the tariff too.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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Given Paramount’s recent capitulation to President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancellation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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“Subordinateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subordinateness. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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