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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
Because roughly half the population there are Seventh-Day Adventists, and their interpretation of the Bible in regards to eating animals is a pacific one.
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Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
But in the best, most generative rivalries, pacific emotions eventually prevail.
—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
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Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
But in the best, most generative rivalries, pacific emotions eventually prevail.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacific
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Dunn said he was disappointed that the Senate was unable to reach the two-thirds threshold needed to convict Trump after he was impeached by the House for his role in the Jan. 6 riots and his attempt to delay the peaceful transfer of power.Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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The peaceful transfer of power is a hallmark of our democracy — especially when elections do not turn in our favor.Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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His gestures, however conciliatory, were not enough to satisfy Le Pen.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Critics of outgoing chair Greg Barclay, a pragmatic New Zealander, believed his role was merely reduced to conciliatory rather than agenda setting.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Japan has a pacifist post-war constitution, which limits its military capacity to ostensibly defensive measures.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 27 Dec. 2024
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Munitions manufacturers plot to oust the pacifist king of Moronika and install a dictator.Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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Welcome to 2025—a world of benevolent AI, robot assistants, biological breakthroughs, and the general promise of the future.Amy Sterling, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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In a most benevolent gesture, Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts has invited the most prolific home run hitter in franchise history, the man who sold more tickets to Wrigley Field than the beer and the ivy, to the team’s fan convention next month.Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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If the home cannot be accessed, individuals may meet the inspector in a neutral location.Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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This ensures that the wood is neutral and has little impact on the maturing spirit.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Try providing the breed with a calmer and more soothing environment.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Neither Austan Goolsbee’s predictably soothing words nor the Friday index rebound were enough to offset fully the quicksilver repricing of Federal Reserve’s rate-setting path for next year, nor the 3% dump in the S & P 500 on Wednesday that followed the Fed’s decision and outlook release.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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But the party went on, albeit cloaked anew as a fund-raiser for a kinder, gentler organization, the Good Neighbor Council for Aircraft Noise Control.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Power Broker While the perennially good-natured (or, at least, politically savvy) Jennings has kind things to say about Richards’ work as a producer during that first post-Trebek season, the Jeopardy! family in general is reluctant to discuss Richards’ stint.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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As such, retinol rookies may consider starting with a gentler formulation like this one, which is also fragrance-free.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2025
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Nurse and aesthetician Natalie Aguilar, co-founder of N4 Skincare, recommends paring down your skincare regimen to the gentlest products in your regimen that your skin is known to tolerate.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Pacific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacific. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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