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as in acquiescence
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as in inertia
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Recent Examples of passivity
The devices, in imposing passivity on their users, implicate them in the destruction and absolve them at the same time.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
More than once, that passivity slipped into calamity.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Both types of blindness encourage passivity, when what is needed is action.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2025
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
More than once, that passivity slipped into calamity.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Both types of blindness encourage passivity, when what is needed is action.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passivity
Noun
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If anything, acquiescence would create a further basis to claim that the university is not compliant, which risks even more encroachments on academic freedom.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2025
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Details of such bills are typically negotiated between the two parties, particularly because votes in the Senate require 60 votes to pass, effectively requiring acquiescence of the minority party.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The business seems to be in a weird state of inertia and denial.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Using these, scientists were able to model the moment of inertia and Vesta's interior structure.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 May 2025
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There’s already enough apathy within the fan base after this year.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Rethinking apathy in disease Our discovery has implications far beyond cancer.—
Adam Kepecs,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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Government agencies are also typically given substantial deference by courts, which could assist Nevada and New Jersey.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Bipartisan Policy Center is out with new recommendations for Congress on how to deal with the demise of Chevron deference.—
Nick Sobczyk,
Axios,
27 Mar. 2025
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The reminder of the importance of humility echoes the teachings of his predecessor, Pope Francis.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Known for his humility, gentle spirit, prudence, and warmth, Pope Leo XIV's leadership offers an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to our educational mission.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Maryland, which trailed 20-9 midway through the first half, stumbled out of its early stupor and went on a 7-0 run to get back in the game.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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German movies of the 1970s will forever be linked with the New German Cinema movement, the auteur directors — led by the likes of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff — who shook the country out of its postwar stupor.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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But if your company is handling hundreds of submissions weekly, with underwriters specializing in various areas, the need for such a tool becomes nearly unavoidable.—
Marcin Nowak,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Customers can bet on each fight to end by knockout or submission.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Context Forty years ago in Azerbaijan in the south Caucuses region of western Asia, the laconic lethargy of Soviet bulk wine production was walloped by planned vineyard destruction.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Imagine the possibilities to overcome political lethargy on these issues if voters had meaningful power to initiate change on their own.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Passivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passivity. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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