complacency
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Lord George Robertson's comments about "corrosive complacency" on defence will sting the government.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Investor complacency is increasingly evident as the Iran war gets normalized by markets, which are pricing in a base case of partial resolution and a gradual resumption of energy flows.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Amid a global energy crisis that has already led to fuel rationing in some Asian countries, cautious Roadrunner fans see investor complacency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
But that doesn’t mean complacency is the answer.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Dick afterward grew fond of quoting Andrews’ reply, for it seemed to him a fine specimen of the boy’s “funny thinking,” his “off on a cloud” complacency.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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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