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as in acquiescence
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as in inertia
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Recent Examples of passivity
This combination of sloppiness and passivity creates the defensive transition scenarios that Maresca wants to limit.
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
In media relations, the fastest PR team often wins the coverage, while passivity and delays can kill a good opportunity.
—David Racine, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Their passivity before campus activists has stoked an atmosphere that invites mob violence, chaos, and disrespect for our nation’s foundational rights.
—Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
This practice has led to a passivity among members of Lebanon’s political elite, which has delayed the formation of a new government.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2024
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
In media relations, the fastest PR team often wins the coverage, while passivity and delays can kill a good opportunity.
—David Racine, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Their passivity before campus activists has stoked an atmosphere that invites mob violence, chaos, and disrespect for our nation’s foundational rights.
—Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
This practice has led to a passivity among members of Lebanon’s political elite, which has delayed the formation of a new government.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for passivity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passivity
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The intrusion and lack of privacy are not being met with acquiescence; employees are outraged and calling for boundaries around what ‘Big Brother’ can use against them.Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Demanding acquiescence, the Kremlin understands that the war effort can also be ignored or put out of mind.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
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Climate advocates are counting on the economic inertia of that type of clean tech spending to make climate action resilient to the coming changes in the White House.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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This can help combat the tendency toward inertia that is often felt when new tools are implemented in an organization.Chris Cho, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Common symptoms include difficulty focusing, lack of energy, irritability, and a general sense of apathy toward your work.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Compounded with inconsistent datasets almost always full of excessive standard deviations and utter apathy toward innovation, a viable environmental policy simply cannot survive (let alone thrive) in such conditions.Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Locals live in deference to the nature that surrounds them, collecting water from the forest’s crystal-clear spring with quiet care.Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
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And even in the face of the deference the Court must give Congress, the CTA appears likely unconstitutional.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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If Nietzsche was right, altruism comes from selfishness, humility from arrogance, love from hate.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Approach it with curiosity, humility, and a commitment to growth.Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms of severe illness include high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, stupor, tremors, seizures, paralysis, or coma.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Sep. 2024
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First, there was the chest-down, sort of squaring-up motion that drunkards do to bouncers, to be followed by a strike which could not even be conceived of in drunken stupors.Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 30 June 2024
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The loss was the first submission defeat of Adesanya’s career.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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The acclaimed Cannes Film Festival darling, Latvia’s submission for this year’s International Feature Film Oscar race, just made the category’s shortlist after sweeping major awards including Best Feature at Annecy and Los Angeles, New York and National Board of Review critics.Robert Lang, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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Some particularly harmful oils include: Tea Tree oil: Causes lethargy, tremors, and ataxia.Sara Hansen, The Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Passivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passivity. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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