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as in acceptance
the action or condition of enduring hardship or discomfort without resisting or attempting to improve it
They had reached a state of resignation to being broke.
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as in retirement
the act or practice of giving up something (such as a job or position)
The senator abruptly announced his resignation following news of the scandal.
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Recent Examples of resignation
By the numbers: The 27 resignations are a nearly threefold increase from 2020, according to Barclays, which publishes quarterly data on shareholder activism for companies valued at more than $500 million.
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Michael Flaherty, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Under Georgia law, a judge's resignation generally creates a vacancy on the bench that the governor fills by appointment.
—Rosie Manins The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The recent resignation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz will leave the House with 434 members -- 219 Republicans and 215 Democrats.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Such horrific acts such as marital rape might be overwhelming if dramatized visually in traditional narrative terms; instead, by leaning into the audio, the sad resignation that can be heard in the women’s voices to such treatment moves past the shock.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Michael Flaherty, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Under Georgia law, a judge's resignation generally creates a vacancy on the bench that the governor fills by appointment.
—Rosie Manins The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The recent resignation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz will leave the House with 434 members -- 219 Republicans and 215 Democrats.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Such horrific acts such as marital rape might be overwhelming if dramatized visually in traditional narrative terms; instead, by leaning into the audio, the sad resignation that can be heard in the women’s voices to such treatment moves past the shock.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignation
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However, Holker’s claims weren’t met with acceptance as more netizens continued to push back and refute her tale that Stephen may have been abusing drugs.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Viewers immediately fell head over heels for Daffodil and her acceptance of love.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Paying back Stephen’s retirement account seems out of reach.ProPublica, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
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According to BlackRock, 40% of retirees still have over 80% of their savings after nearly two decades of retirement.Tanmay Gupta, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2025
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The juried categories include the FIPRESCI Prize for films in the international feature film Oscar submissions program, the best documentary award and the New Voices New Visions Award, among others.Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
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When The News asked about the Yankees’ departures this offseason, past and present members of the organization described the exodus as a testament to the club.Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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At least until the spring, that is, when a new round of departures and 15 practices will provide new clarity.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Some climate scientists prefer to call it climate defeatism instead, and others have called doom the new climate denial because of how disempowering its black-and-white logic is: There is nothing to be done to stop climate collapse, so why bother trying?Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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The billionaire founder’s defeatism—and private contemplation about leaving the U.S.—are shared by a cadre of wealthy Democratic Party backers, who have been left licking their wounds and trying to move forward after Harris’s defeat, the Times reported.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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