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assuage

[uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh] / əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ /


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The Los Angeles City Council has approved an amendment meant to assuage concerns that a rodeo ban would unfairly block equestrian events of cultural significance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Monday was a chance for the company to assuage concerns that it’s behind on AI development.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

But that's unlikely to assuage the concerns of those who say the government has to be bolder to tackle an ever-increasing welfare bill.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” Roy M. Cohn, trying to assuage an angry client he can’t get off the phone, offers theater tickets to a show he knows that this annoying rube will like.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“This is to assuage our conscience, darling,” she would explain to Blanca.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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