complacent
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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
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
Her mum said that because of this they had become "too complacent" about the illness.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
People are complacent about risk of financial crisis, says Lloyd Blankfein.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 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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