complacent
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“Not complacent; I’m content. I let it run its course, and now I have clarity to go do whatever else it is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"That's why the numbers we're seeing are so successful, and we're absolutely not complacent, and we must keep working this way to keep the numbers down," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The closing spread between realized and implied volatility is one telltale sign that investors might be too complacent, Kramer said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Thames is one of several companies to have imposed a hosepipe ban and Weston said the UK had been complacent about water provision.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Our place is beside the king," Ser Meryn said, complacent.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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