submission

Example Sentences

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What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A raid to seize the enriched uranium, in what Kavanagh speculates is an attempt to “embarrass” Iran into submission, the operation would face a slew of problems.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

To ensure compliance, ask your preparer to confirm submission in advance of April 15.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

A public filing typically occurs a couple of months after the initial submission, depending on how many questions regulators have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

And more and more prisoners kept coming, from every block, suddenly able to overcome time and space, to will both into submission.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel