complacent
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What’s astonishing after the events of the past couple of months is not how fearful Wall Street is, but how complacent.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“The market is currently very complacent about the potential for faster speeds,” FHN strategists wrote in a July note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, in a Downing Street statement ahead of the meeting Burnham insisted "we cannot be complacent".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Still, one Western official said Nato allies should remain calm but not complacent.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Maybe the medicine is working, when from nowhere the thought appeared: The medicine has made you complacent, and you forgot to change the Band-Aid this morning.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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