conciliatory
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Long seen as confrontational, Fujimori has tried to soften her image and present herself as more conciliatory.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The much-anticipated summit between the superpowers follows tensions over trade and the Iran war, but both leaders seemed conciliatory, with Trump calling his visit "incredible".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
A new national-defense strategy, released in January, offered a conciliatory tone toward Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Informing her decision to visit Spain, she said, were recent conciliatory gestures from Spanish leaders.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The Court’s enforcement decree, issued a full year after Brown, seemed conciliatory to segregationists, imposing no deadline for achieving racially mixed schools and calling merely for “good faith implementation.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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