as in discouragement
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Recent Examples of deterrence
Israeli leaders thus became highly motivated to restore the country’s shattered deterrence and the aura of invincibility punctured by Hamas’s attack.
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Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
Military officials have said Tuesday’s parade was partly intended to showcase South Korea’s military might as a deterrence to North Korea, which frequently stages parades featuring weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Reuters, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
But as the war continued, Biden's deterrence of Iran and its proxies — and his influence over Israel's decisions — waned.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Within ten days in September, the Jewish state had reclaimed its most important strategic asset: deterrence.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
Military officials have said Tuesday’s parade was partly intended to showcase South Korea’s military might as a deterrence to North Korea, which frequently stages parades featuring weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Reuters, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
But as the war continued, Biden's deterrence of Iran and its proxies — and his influence over Israel's decisions — waned.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Within ten days in September, the Jewish state had reclaimed its most important strategic asset: deterrence.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deterrence
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This leads to feelings of disengagement, discouragement and exhaustion.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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This isn’t just a lesson kids need to hear; parents deal with failure and discouragement too.Kara Nesvig, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
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Add the pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook to al dente according to package instructions, stirring occasionally.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ryan shrugs like, whatever, and gives an instruction to one of his workers.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The fact that states have different rules and deadlines for administering elections — which can mean election results are released at different times on election night and afterward — is not a sign of voter suppression or fraud.Barbara Rodriguez, Terri Rupar, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
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Each state has specific rules on how to secure these drop boxes, including with locks, video feeds, chain of custody requirements, police presence and even fire suppression.Eric Levenson, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Occupation, along with the repression and hardship that accompanied it, rallied new recruits to Hezbollah and other Lebanese armed political parties’ ranks.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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More concretely, Iran is struggling with widespread domestic discontent over its repression of dissent and a weak economy battered by U.S. and other international sanctions.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Some of our physicians are leveraging AI for support with documentation, radiology dictation, breast cancer analysis in radiology and pathology, diabetic retinopathy screening, flagging urgent messages from patients and finally, identifying patients who are likely to become seriously ill.Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Other technology companies are addressing real-time workflow challenges, such as with ambient dictation tools.Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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By pairing two drivers to vibrate in opposite directions, the technology allows for bigger sound with fewer distortions.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Does will come from several directions, converge in the corner, and make their way back into the timber.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Deterrence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deterrence. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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