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complicit

[kuhm-plis-it] / kəmˈplɪs ɪt /


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“Even working on safety at Anthropic felt like being complicit in the race,” he said in the interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Sadly, we are complicit in this occluding of authentic experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

One of the key counter-arguments centres on the fact that some Africans were themselves complicit in the capture and sale of their fellow people.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

But to avoid feeling complicit or like we’re normalizing something we know to be harmful, there are discussions to be had—amongst ourselves at least.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“When boys became men, they were told the truth. Or a version of it, anyway. And then they were made complicit themselves.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness



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