appeasement

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, Burns’s strategy of partial appeasement still spelled economic misfortune.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

“There is a need for respect, appeasement and unity,” he said, in a nod to the fraught political landscape he now presides over.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

Schools are trying various tactics from appeasement to threats of disciplinary action to get protestors to take down encampments or move to other areas of campus.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood