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Recent Examples of abdication
That's an abdication of the Senate's responsibility.
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NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
Prophecy so tightly adheres to Villeneuve’s vision that the series feels like an act of cowardice and abdication of creativity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
America walks away Nobody knows how the major powers and their Machiavellian leaders will react to this abdication of American hegemony.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Both schemes too have been criticized as representing the failure or abdication of Europe to live up to its international humanitarian obligations.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
Prophecy so tightly adheres to Villeneuve’s vision that the series feels like an act of cowardice and abdication of creativity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
America walks away Nobody knows how the major powers and their Machiavellian leaders will react to this abdication of American hegemony.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Both schemes too have been criticized as representing the failure or abdication of Europe to live up to its international humanitarian obligations.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdication
Noun
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What is interesting is the graphic that shows the revenue share mode, along with retirement and insurance funds, there are images of past UFC fighters shown.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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But the truth is, fortunes will be made in the next four years and, sadly, retirements will be lost.Brett Owens, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Such horrific acts such as marital rape might be overwhelming if dramatized visually in traditional narrative terms; instead, by leaning into the audio, the sad resignation that can be heard in the women’s voices to such treatment moves past the shock.Stephen Saito, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Newsweek has contacted Trudeau's office for comment on Freeland's departure and for a response to the calls for his resignation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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All eyes have been on the Sheridan series to see where the co-creator, writer and director would steer his flagship Western saga ever since the departure of his star Kevin Costner and the announcement that season 5B would be the final season of Yellowstone.Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Despite facing execution challenges culminating with the recent departure Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s commitment to innovation in AI accelerators could keep it competitive.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Abdication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdication. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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