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as in peaceful
tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility
as a pacific gesture, we invited our feuding neighbors to our backyard barbecue
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as in pacifistic
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
a pacific nation that has managed to remain neutral even during times of world conflict
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Recent Examples of pacific
But in the best, most generative rivalries, pacific emotions eventually prevail.
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Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
And then, of course, there was Allende’s pacific…revolution.
—Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Sep. 2023
The press censor—for so long a malevolent presence in the lives of even the most pacific journalists—was largely set aside.
—James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
Partly for this reason—and because of his vulnerability in the face of sudden and drastic changes—there’s something innocently pacific and constructive about the furies that emerge from Tomas’s guileless candor and impulsive ardor.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
And then, of course, there was Allende’s pacific…revolution.
—Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Sep. 2023
The press censor—for so long a malevolent presence in the lives of even the most pacific journalists—was largely set aside.
—James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
Partly for this reason—and because of his vulnerability in the face of sudden and drastic changes—there’s something innocently pacific and constructive about the furies that emerge from Tomas’s guileless candor and impulsive ardor.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Trump returns to White House for symbolic meeting President-elect Donald Trump will meet with President Joe Biden today in a symbolic White House ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The system proved incapable of punishing Trump personally for his concerted, multifaceted refusal to accept his defeat and accept a peaceful transfer of power in 2020.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Niccol has taken a more conciliatory tone with the union.Azure Gilman, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, the British monarchy has adopted a more conciliatory tone when addressing the past horrors of transatlantic slavery.Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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Such worms took on the characterization of a prankster, like the WANK (Worms Against Nuclear Killers), which plagued NASA computers with pacifist messages in 1989 and deceived users into believing their files were being deleted.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jeane Kirkpatrick, President Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy adviser and later U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was never known for pacifist views.Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2011
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Many people believe that slavery in Latin America was a benevolent institution.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, the naive belief held by most Americans, that the Fed is an apolitical body of benevolent technocrats who would never use their immense, ring-of-Sauron-like power for anything but the good of humanity, has evaporated.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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However, in recent years the advent of AI and the push to develop additional sources of energy that can be carbon neutral thrust nuclear power back into the conversation.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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TikTok itself has maintained a neutral stance without voicing support for either candidate.Zeyi Yang, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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It’s infused with Korean centella asiatica, renowned for its powerful soothing properties.Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Hatch employees worked alongside KFC's food innovation team to record the soothing sounds of frying KFC's new Original Recipe Tenders.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2024
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Be kind to yourself: The election is stressing us out.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So try to do something kind for yourself in the process of grieving.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low to maintain a very gentle simmer for 2 hours.Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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These include their nocturnal lifestyle and their strong odor. Smart and friendly, the world’s largest rodent (weighing more than 100 pounds) is social and gentle.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Pacific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacific. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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