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Noun
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Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025 -
While most old soldiers, like Karl Malden's superb, empathetic Gen. Omar Bradley, absorb the senseless loss of life of war with regret and resolve that the sacrifice was necessary, Scott's Patton reveals the darker side of humanity that craves conflict, that lives for it.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This emerging threat will force providers to re-evaluate their offerings and realign their capabilities.—
Mit Somaiya,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2025
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But once officially released, Apple’s offerings have always been some of the most innovative and beloved among users.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The coming propitiation looms large — an angel of mercy hovering over this melodrama, even at its most melodramatic.—
Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
11 July 2023
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Slavery was upheld in our original Constitution, as a propitiation between Southern states—where the economy thrummed on the backs of human chattel—and the states that had either no use for slavery or were considering its abolition.—
Rich Logis,
The New Republic,
19 Apr. 2023
Noun
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In another, a figure makes an acrobatic offering of wine, the libation flowing behind him from a drinking horn.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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For Spiteful and other Chicago craft brewers, the results may be inevitable: libation inflation.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Oblation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblation. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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