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complacent

[kuhm-pley-suhnt] / kəmˈpleɪ sənt /


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Complacent high earners may be making tens of thousands of dollars less each year than they could be making elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Instead, I am part of the Complacent State.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2019

But instead of a Complacent LeBron, expect to enjoy perhaps the most dangerous transformation he has undergone.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2016

No. 5: Don't Get Complacent PLUGGED: This 50 nailed a trolled Danny plug at night.

From Time Magazine Archive

Complacent optimisms, so widely current recently, are put out of court by it.

From The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty by Griggs, Edward Howard




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