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Adjective
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After years of a legal battle where both sides won key judgments, officials chalked up the apparently amiable end to new personalities at the top of each agency.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2025 -
The performances were too amiable and not particularly satirical (much like the real-life Harris’s own appearance on the show).—
Dave Itzkoff,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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On the other end of the spectrum was the more docile Kelly who often felt conflicted when her morals clashed with the cunning needed to succeed in the game.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
27 May 2025
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This time around, Venus in Aries will be more docile and less rambunctious.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But tractable torque delivery of 324 lb-ft, which hits at 5,800 rpm, makes the process of revving and gearshifting an absolute pleasure.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Gabriel Navarro and two colleagues turned one of group theory’s biggest open conjectures into a tractable problem.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
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They’re done being obedient to an archaic and broken system.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2024
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According to the new framing, Russia’s real fight is against the mighty United States, which wants to destroy it, while Ukraine—just like the European Union and NATO—is merely an obedient U.S. satellite.—
Andrei Kolesnikov,
Foreign Affairs,
25 May 2023
Adjective
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By contrast, a beta is supposedly weak and submissive—a follower.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
Marie Bostwick,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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To date, more than 11,000 TikTok users have commented on the post, with many voicing their comedic takes on the viral moment and the cat's obliging demeanor.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Related Articles Until now exhibitions culminated in Saint Laurent’s studio on the upper floor of the museum, obliging visitors to backtrack toward the exit.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The meeting never devolved into the outburst that the public saw in Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was berated by the U.S. president and his team for not being sufficiently deferential.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
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Part of the problem might have to do with her conversational approach—tentative, deferential, professional.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Here’s the truth: Your accountant might keep you compliant.—
Kyle Hollenbeck,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Some students are now reconsidering plans to remain in the U.S., while others are adjusting future plans to avoid travel and stay compliant, The Associated Press reported.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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“Ruly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruly. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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