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as in acceptance
the action or condition of enduring hardship or discomfort without resisting or attempting to improve it
They had reached a state of resignation to being broke.
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as in retirement
the act or practice of giving up something (such as a job or position)
The senator abruptly announced his resignation following news of the scandal.
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Recent Examples of resignation
Engagement has been falling since 2020 as everyone adjusted to a rapid series of changes in the workplace, from the rise of remote work, to a wave of resignations and hiring, and then a subsequent slowdown.
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Emily Peck, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
One organization, Stand for Health Freedom, drafted a letter for constituents to send to their state lawmakers calling for the resignation of the medical director of Tennessee’s Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program.
—Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead | Kff Health News, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Days before the resignation of Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency director takes effect, social workers on Tuesday demanded county supervisors hold more top leaders accountable for the fentanyl death of baby Phoenix Castro and staffing shortages that threaten child safety.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Rubin’s resignation comes less than two weeks after Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit her job with the newspaper.
—Ray Lewis, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
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Emily Peck, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
One organization, Stand for Health Freedom, drafted a letter for constituents to send to their state lawmakers calling for the resignation of the medical director of Tennessee’s Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program.
—Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead | Kff Health News, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Days before the resignation of Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency director takes effect, social workers on Tuesday demanded county supervisors hold more top leaders accountable for the fentanyl death of baby Phoenix Castro and staffing shortages that threaten child safety.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Rubin’s resignation comes less than two weeks after Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit her job with the newspaper.
—Ray Lewis, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignation
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However, Holker’s claims weren’t met with acceptance as more netizens continued to push back and refute her tale that Stephen may have been abusing drugs.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Viewers immediately fell head over heels for Daffodil and her acceptance of love.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Paying back Stephen’s retirement account seems out of reach.ProPublica, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
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According to BlackRock, 40% of retirees still have over 80% of their savings after nearly two decades of retirement.Tanmay Gupta, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2025
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The juried categories include the FIPRESCI Prize for films in the international feature film Oscar submissions program, the best documentary award and the New Voices New Visions Award, among others.Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
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When The News asked about the Yankees’ departures this offseason, past and present members of the organization described the exodus as a testament to the club.Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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At least until the spring, that is, when a new round of departures and 15 practices will provide new clarity.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Some climate scientists prefer to call it climate defeatism instead, and others have called doom the new climate denial because of how disempowering its black-and-white logic is: There is nothing to be done to stop climate collapse, so why bother trying?Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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The billionaire founder’s defeatism—and private contemplation about leaving the U.S.—are shared by a cadre of wealthy Democratic Party backers, who have been left licking their wounds and trying to move forward after Harris’s defeat, the Times reported.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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