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receiving or enduring without offering resistance
I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans
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as in relinquished
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
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Recent Examples of resigned
David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
During her character’s apex in the show, the plea for her father to change his life, her voice curdled from sadness into a resigned anger.
—Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Kathy Lohr, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
In 2023, Ward served as head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL but resigned after one 3-7 season.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Those movies thrived on human absurdity, yet their characters spoke in a bored monotone, regarding the strange circumstances of their lives with resigned terror.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
During her character’s apex in the show, the plea for her father to change his life, her voice curdled from sadness into a resigned anger.
—Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
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But Carter resigned from the Navy in 1953 after his father died.
—Kathy Lohr, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
In 2023, Ward served as head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL but resigned after one 3-7 season.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Where the novel viewed race with passive indifference, the musical faced it head-on, building out peripheral Black characters and opening with a Black chorus, followed in the same scene by a white one, integrating what was typically kept on separate stages.Joshua Barone, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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This means all fans point inward, and heat exits the system through a rear passive outlet rather than some fans blowing out the back or top.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Iranian clerics who were willing to work with the Shah were undermined.Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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The super-premium rum category saw double-digit growth in many markets, driven by connoisseurs willing to pay more for unique expressions.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Oscar, older and more outwardly stoic, has no guarantees.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Arthur and my mum share mystery novels and classical music and the kind of endless, expressive conversation that confused and exhausted my quiet, stoic, old-school European dad.Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024
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Yet overall, the rebels have been substantially more tolerant than the Taliban.Delaney Simon, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025
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Slightly acidic soils are ideal, though plants tolerant a range of soil pH. Water Provide young plants with even and consistent moisture during the first two growing seasons to establish an extensive root system.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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These prices tend to reflect the higher yielding asking price versus the lower yielding bid price.Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Net interest income for the quarter was $72.2 million, compared to $62.2 million in the previous year, driven by growth in higher yielding loans, primarily from CCBX.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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