as in placatory
tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility
eased the tension with conciliatory remarks
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Recent Examples of conciliatory
Kehoe, who has been endorsed by several Missouri law enforcement groups, struck a more conciliatory tone.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
Niccol has taken a more conciliatory tone with the union.
—Azure Gilman, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
In recent years, the British monarchy has adopted a more conciliatory tone when addressing the past horrors of transatlantic slavery.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
The critique has prompted conciliatory changes, with some going to great lengths to accommodate right-wing figures.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
Niccol has taken a more conciliatory tone with the union.
—Azure Gilman, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
In recent years, the British monarchy has adopted a more conciliatory tone when addressing the past horrors of transatlantic slavery.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
The critique has prompted conciliatory changes, with some going to great lengths to accommodate right-wing figures.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conciliatory
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It’s infused with Korean centella asiatica, renowned for its powerful soothing properties.Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Hatch employees worked alongside KFC's food innovation team to record the soothing sounds of frying KFC's new Original Recipe Tenders.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2024
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Many people believe that slavery in Latin America was a benevolent institution.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, the naive belief held by most Americans, that the Fed is an apolitical body of benevolent technocrats who would never use their immense, ring-of-Sauron-like power for anything but the good of humanity, has evaporated.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Trump returns to White House for symbolic meeting President-elect Donald Trump will meet with President Joe Biden today in a symbolic White House ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The system proved incapable of punishing Trump personally for his concerted, multifaceted refusal to accept his defeat and accept a peaceful transfer of power in 2020.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Be kind to yourself: The election is stressing us out.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So try to do something kind for yourself in the process of grieving.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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Choose between two rich colors: pacific blue or yarrow gold.Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
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Because roughly half the population there are Seventh-Day Adventists, and their interpretation of the Bible in regards to eating animals is a pacific one.Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
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In this gentle novel, an elderly widow finds her solitary routine disrupted by a mouse, setting off a sequence of events that reconnects with the larger world.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Hand-wash-only items can often be machine-washed in a protective mesh bag using the gentle cycle.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Conciliatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conciliatory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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