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According to Erasmus in Against War, what qualities should leaders use to assuage unrest?

assuage

[uh-swayj, uh-swayzh] / Ι™ΛˆsweΙͺdΚ’, Ι™ΛˆsweΙͺΚ’ /


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The quarterly results helped assuage the concerns of some investors and analysts who have recently been worried about a “SaaSpocalypse,” in which corporate-software companies’ expensive off-the-shelf products would be replaced with cheaper AI-concocted versions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The result has left many in Michigan’s Jewish community wary of El-Sayed and looking for outreach from him and his campaign to assuage their concerns.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The theme park has made outreach into the neighborhood over the years in an attempt to assuage concerns, be it distributing fliers or attending community meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

But the announcement will assuage concerns raised by previous speculation that the World Cup final halftime show itself could stretch for as long as 25 minutes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

He was an old-timer and apparently had thought of a way to assuage his own irritating feelings of loss of control.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Tuesday's move assuages what had been growing frustration at the lack of a big picture vision from the Labour government.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

To Friedman, the answer to the first question assuages concern about the second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024

A sort of penance, where by reading all the nasty comments under every post she assuages some of her guilt, as a zealot whips himself bloody to atone for sin?

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024

Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

Cymothoë and Triton together push the ships strongly off the sharp reef; himself he eases them with his trident, channels the vast quicksands, and assuages the sea, gliding on light wheels along the water.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Nor has the boom in stock prices assuaged discontent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

That hasn’t assuaged concerns among some that a dot-com-style bubble may be building, especially given the sharp run-up.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

In an instant, Urbina’s fears had been assuaged.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

That was partly assuaged when the cast, made up of up-and-coming talent rather than established names, was announced.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

This was a tribulation; Isaac wanted sorely the camaraderie of his heretic congregation, their sweet witness; he missed the singing and tears, the prayers of love and fellow-feeling, the entreaties of sorrow assuaged.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Given the stock’s retreat over recent months, stronger-than-expected results, amid low expectations, “could go a long way in assuaging several of these investor concerns.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The goal was to provide enterprise customers more powerful tools while assuaging the White House’s concerns that they could be weaponized by bad actors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The presence of the Ivorian army in the remote and long-neglected northeast, hundreds of kilometres from the economic capital Abidjan, has succeeded in assuaging locals' concerns -- to an extent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

She has offered receptive council members suggestions on how to write resolutions, assuaging any fears of blowback by pointing out that their constituents get it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

During the first months of their marriage, he called Celia every night, his gentle voice assuaging her.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina GarcΓ­a




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