complacent
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With the U.S. stock market pushing ever higher, it is easy for investors to become complacent.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Wiseman said Tuesday that Canada had become too complacent about its economy, over relying on trade with the U.S. to be the main engine of growth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
Sam Roggeveen, the director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program, told AFP the report was "neither hawkish nor dovish, neither alarmist nor complacent".
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
Danielle said she feared people could be complacent around other breeds that are not banned.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Maybe the medicine is working, when from nowhere the thought appeared: The medicine has made you complacent, and you forgot to change the Band-Aid this morning.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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