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complacent

[kuhm-pley-suhnt] / kəmˈpleɪ sənt /


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“We may have been in an environment where markets were a little more complacent with the need for energy within a portfolio of stocks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The first is that fund managers are surprisingly — some might say alarmingly — complacent about the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Unlike the long-ago transition to the cloud, which undid many existing software firms, incumbents aren’t being complacent this time around.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

After a chastening start to the campaign, England surely won't be complacent.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

We understood, in other words, how ridiculously fortunate we were, and we both felt an obligation not to be complacent.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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