resignedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignedness
Noun
  • Before this recent trend of Congressional acquiescence, Republican President Ronald Reagan issued 78 vetoes in his eight years in office.
    David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After all, this will go to the very Supreme Court that declared, when overruling Chevron, that courts owe no deference to the executive branch when interpreting statutes.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • With an about-face and flattery, executives hoped this time around that Mr. Trump might show tech more deference, including it in his efforts to deregulate industries like energy and autos.
    Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Barbosa quickly and easily took the fight to the ground to secure the submission.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Send submissions here and read more Metropolitan Diary here.
    James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ars Video The focus of the new commission, which took office in December, is also more on the compliance of Big Tech companies with the law than on potential high fines in the billions of Euros, officials said.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
  • As data marketplaces operate across international borders, businesses must navigate a patchwork of privacy laws and compliance requirements.
    Ashutosh Synghal, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Love and partnership thrive on proactivity, not passivity.
    Colin Bedell, Them, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The devices, in imposing passivity on their users, implicate them in the destruction and absolve them at the same time.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Leaders must show humility, empathy, compassion, wisdom and love for all citizens and especially those who are struggling.
    Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Women directors can be catalysts for critical thinking and humility in the boardroom, urging colleagues to challenge assumptions, revisit past decisions, and assess new opportunities with a clear and balanced perspective, regardless of the company’s historical success.
    Committee of 200, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Resignedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignedness. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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