complacent
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These firms have racked up some impressive successes and America can’t afford to be complacent against the competition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Prices on our screens might be making us complacent about a looming economic drag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Breeden, who is also the Bank's head of financial stability, declined to say when she expected markets to fall or by how much, but pointed to a number of factors that markets seemed complacent about.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Unlike the long-ago transition to the cloud, which undid many existing software firms, incumbents aren’t being complacent this time around.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
We are not complacent about the average age of our contributors and are keen to publish promising young writers.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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