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capitulation

[kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn] / kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən /


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After that, it backed off a little on what seemed like normal profit-taking rather than any sort of blowoff capitulation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

In that sense, forced index removal can act as a final capitulation event rather than a fundamental indictment.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

But Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and foreign-policy vice president at the Brookings Institution think tank, said Trump won’t swiftly get the full capitulation he seeks.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

It’s only that sometimes Gogol wonders whether he represents some sort of capitulation or defeat.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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