complacency
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"We are constrained only by the extent that we accept the status quo through acquiescence, complacency, and limited ambition."
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Former defence secretary and Nato chief Lord Robertson accused the government of "corrosive complacency" amid rising threats around the world.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
But Lincoln’s address urged them to not do so with complacency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Investor complacency is increasingly evident as the Iran war gets normalized by markets, which are pricing in a base case of partial resolution and a gradual resumption of energy flows.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Then Sam James stopped me out by the cookhouse and my complacency was brought to an end.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Vocabulary lists containing complacency
The Great Gatsby
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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