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receiving or enduring without offering resistance
I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans
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as in relinquished
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
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Recent Examples of resigned
Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
The board should fill the vacancy caused by the resigned director.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
On Monday former senior advisor Tim Pearson, a close friend to Adams, also resigned.
—Mark Morales, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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During her character’s apex in the show, the plea for her father to change his life, her voice curdled from sadness into a resigned anger.
—Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
The board should fill the vacancy caused by the resigned director.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
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Babar Azam is in no sort of form and has resigned (again) from the white-ball captaincy.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
On Monday former senior advisor Tim Pearson, a close friend to Adams, also resigned.
—Mark Morales, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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With such a passive approach from the federal government, Russian interference in the U.S. political system and American culture is an inevitability.Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The fund operates as a passive investment vehicle, with its shares reflecting the performance of gold bullion prices.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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Feeding into Milioti’s volatile performance, her costumes chart a journey from obedient heiress to homicidal mob boss, culminating in her violent retribution against Oz in the show’s penultimate episode.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Even so, our exercises did not suggest that any authoritarian would command a uniformly obedient federal workforce.Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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The Biden administration was working on things to incentivize innovation, giving money to people willing to take on zoning challenges.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2024
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This time, President-elect Donald Trump knows a lot more about how to manipulate the levers of power and plans to surround himself with loyalists willing to do his bidding in making sweeping changes to both policies and processes.Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is known for his stoic public face.Hans Nichols, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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This is a revenge story, as classical in its arc as True Grit or Kill Bill, and Taylor-Joy holds the film’s rage and bloodlust in her tiny frame and stoic face.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
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My husband — a brooding New Yorker, polite and tolerant of much — broke on the seventh day of our family vacation.Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
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The poet should be tolerant, disinterested, clear-eyed about long-standing animosities but not constrained by them.Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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Net interest income for the quarter was $72.2 million, compared to $62.2 million in the previous year, driven by growth in higher yielding loans, primarily from CCBX.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Investors are constantly on the prowl to find the highest yielding bonds for the lowest risk.Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Resigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resigned. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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