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Recent Examples of unaggressive
Time flowed differently, and my vision felt soft and the world around me pure and unaggressive.
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The charismatic but typically unaggressive sea mammals were biting people who approached them.
—Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
Multiple players wound up in first-half foul trouble because of slow legs and unaggressive coverage.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
The map displays 28 reported sightings over the past 30 days, and all displayed unaggressive behavior.
—Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021
The movie also maps Harding’s longtime struggle to belong in the skating world as a blue-collar athlete while also refusing to conform to the dainty, unaggressive ideology judges preferred.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
Fruit forward and silky, with unaggressive tannins.
—Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 24 Aug. 2017
Typically unaggressive rider Julien Leparoux must ride Classic Empire aggressively.
—Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 18 May 2017
Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The charismatic but typically unaggressive sea mammals were biting people who approached them.
—Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
Multiple players wound up in first-half foul trouble because of slow legs and unaggressive coverage.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
The map displays 28 reported sightings over the past 30 days, and all displayed unaggressive behavior.
—Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021
The movie also maps Harding’s longtime struggle to belong in the skating world as a blue-collar athlete while also refusing to conform to the dainty, unaggressive ideology judges preferred.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
Fruit forward and silky, with unaggressive tannins.
—Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 24 Aug. 2017
Typically unaggressive rider Julien Leparoux must ride Classic Empire aggressively.
—Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 18 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaggressive
Adjective
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For one, China has long stood out for its nonaggressive nuclear doctrine.—
Caitlin Talmadge,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2018
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Never run or make any loud noises or sudden movements, as this could startle these creatures, which are typically nonaggressive until frightened.—
Madeline Nguyen,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Employees became more engaged in organizational initiatives, fostering a culture of active participation rather than passive compliance.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Weegee’s pictures of disaster, crime, and urban blight not only grabbed viewers’ attention but highlighted the ways in which passive spectatorship had come to dominate our lives as citizens.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For decades in the United States, scientists and government officials have coexisted in a mostly peaceable and productive symbiosis.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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That's because the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and peaceable assembly are fundamental protections of our ability to criticize public officials.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Jobson, the college sophomore, fainted on deck, and Ward Weimar, the Dartmouth student, became too feeble to handle the wheel.—
David Wolman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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Breath fogs the air, ice slicks the roads, and the sun seems a distant, feeble glow in the winter sky.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.—
Adam Kirsch,
WSJ,
1 Oct. 2021
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Hobbits are small and unwarlike, with no interest in glory.—
Tom Shippey,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2017
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“Unaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaggressive. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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