appeasement

Example Sentences

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"There is a general taboo in the media… sensible discussions about how to coexist with China can get easily branded as appeasement," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

People in all parts of government, industry and education are going with a strategy of appeasement, trying to get by.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

At the time, Zakim said that Rolling Stone started featuring fewer of founder Jann Wenner’s rock star friends on the cover, so the lifetime subscription might have been an appeasement tactic.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2024

Vasiljevic’s strategy of appeasement was to give him whatever he wanted, even though the item might not have been mentioned in the contract.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady