complacency
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But Lincoln’s address urged them to not do so with complacency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
For Aurora, the widening of the bombing campaign and the prospect of boots on the ground remain key risks to all of the market’s calmness and complacency.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Rescuers feel human complacency has a role alongside the changing weather, and, for officials like Bornet, the former is easier to overcome than the latter.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
But that doesn’t mean complacency is the answer.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Then Sam James stopped me out by the cookhouse and my complacency was brought to an end.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Vocabulary lists containing complacency
The Great Gatsby
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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