appeasement

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Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

People in all parts of government, industry and education are going with a strategy of appeasement, trying to get by.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

Schools are trying various tactics from appeasement to threats of disciplinary action to get protestors to take down encampments or move to other areas of campus.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

In the late ’60s, the school decided to sanction the event as a safety measure, setting aside old furniture in some kind of appeasement scheme that didn’t always tame the chaos.

From Slate • May 2, 2024

Vasiljevic’s strategy of appeasement was to give him whatever he wanted, even though the item might not have been mentioned in the contract.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady