as in placating
tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility
we had been feuding with the people next door, so inviting them to the party was intended as an appeasing gesture
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as in comforting
to lessen the anger or agitation of
a game often appeases an upset toddler
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Recent Examples of appeasing
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
For the work, which is often a delicate balance of appeasing stakeholders who sometimes clash over warring priorities, the next CEO will be paid between $350,000 and $425,000 a year, with no-cost health insurance and other benefits, according to the listing.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
The new strategy allows streamers to provide subscribers with new content while appeasing Wall Street by reigning in spending.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
There are amazing innovations in the industry that will help both consumers and brands to become more sustainable while appeasing regulations.
—Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
The bill has angered the French left, who view it as a means of appeasing far-right lawmakers in parliament.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
While anti-Russian sentiment runs high in Georgia, there are fears that the governing Georgian Dream party is eroding the country’s relationship with the West and leaning dangerously toward appeasing Russia.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
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Other, less politically resistant Iranian films often show women inside in hijab, which is highly unrealistic and likely a mode of appeasing censors.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
For the work, which is often a delicate balance of appeasing stakeholders who sometimes clash over warring priorities, the next CEO will be paid between $350,000 and $425,000 a year, with no-cost health insurance and other benefits, according to the listing.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
The new strategy allows streamers to provide subscribers with new content while appeasing Wall Street by reigning in spending.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
There are amazing innovations in the industry that will help both consumers and brands to become more sustainable while appeasing regulations.
—Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
The bill has angered the French left, who view it as a means of appeasing far-right lawmakers in parliament.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
While anti-Russian sentiment runs high in Georgia, there are fears that the governing Georgian Dream party is eroding the country’s relationship with the West and leaning dangerously toward appeasing Russia.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeasing
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In his victory speech, Orsi struck a conciliatory tone.NAYARA BATSCHKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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After all, the Academy Awards have a long history of reflecting or commenting on the nation’s political zeitgeist, sometimes defiant, other times conciliatory.Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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And yet the show has a soothing effect, predicated on the idea that human behavior (and misery) isn’t mysterious or unchangeable.Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sunset Sherbet provides a soothing and calming effect, while the White Widow Hybrid THC-A Live Resin Liquid Budder Vape Pen offers a balanced mix of indica and sativa effects.Amplified Content Studio, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Still, at 54, Silverman relates to the feeling that many women have in midlife of being more self-confident and less worried about pleasing others.Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2024
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That complex has successfully killed career and technical education (CTE), which values skills other than taking tests, writing essays, and pleasing teachers.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Mama Tina Knowles served as a calming presence on the carpet for her granddaughter and looked beautiful in a chic pantsuit.Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
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Having this special calming box can reduce feelings of stress in a moment that might otherwise become volatile, like separating from a parent.Taylor Grothe, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, megalomaniac philanthropy is benevolent narcissism at its best.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Relatedly, the authors’ assertion that France, Germany, and the United Kingdom will consent to a united foreign policy direction defies logic: great-power peace in Europe is due to an overwhelming Pax Americana, not because its countries have suddenly become benevolent.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ian, revved up by the camogie carnage and fresh off consoling Eva (eye emojis x2), takes it upon himself to tell Angelica in no uncertain terms to back off the Garvey sisters.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
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Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Harris' campaign manager and former state director in her Senate office, said the vice president uses her experience consoling victims as a courtroom prosecutor to connect with people after tragedies.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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The United Nations as Leviathan: Global Governance in the Post-American World Rich argues that the United Nations is the only body capable of generating a peaceful and cooperative order in the emerging post-American world.Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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The peaceful gathering quickly escalated into violent clashes as protesters and officers engaged in running altercations through the city's streets.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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With back-to-back road assignments in Green Bay and Buffalo up next, a one-sided division win over Seattle could go a long way toward assuaging an anxious fan base as well as building confidence within the team.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Good leaders know that serving the public interest first also means recognizing that the fears, anxieties and the sense of abandonment that have exhausted millions of Americans are legitimate sensibilities that need assuaging.Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Appeasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeasing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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