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Noun
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025 -
At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2024
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Such acquiescence was the best possible public response from the Kremlin’s point of view.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Sep. 2022
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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
Noun
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The end of Chevron deference to federal agencies may help businesses, universities and public interest groups in immigration lawsuits during a second Trump administration should officials enact policies like those in the first term.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the end, dictators tap into something essential in human nature—the deference before a bully.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Yet the West, once so eager to champion Georgia’s struggling democracy, has retreated into passivity.—
Christian Caryl,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Dec. 2024
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There is a passivity that strikes through Villa at times away from home.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Sheepishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepishness. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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