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

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

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