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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 trying to move on from the Ashes, the last thing England needed was a reminder of the horrors of Australia, yet this had echoes of their capitulation in the first Test in Perth.

From BBC Jun. 5, 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

That hasn’t triggered a capitulation in stocks yet, the bank’s March Fund Managers’ Survey indicated, although the poll’s broadest measure of investor sentiment still sits at the lowest level in six months.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

Glenn Seaborg, whose work with plutonium was still conducted under strict government security, was more candid about his capitulation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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