conciliatory
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Recently-elected president and party general secretary To Lam made his first state visit this year to China, where both countries referred to their differences over the Paracels and Spratlys in unusually conciliatory language.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
But Paz's later announcement of a cabinet reshuffle signalled the adoption of a more conciliatory tone.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
A new national-defense strategy, released in January, offered a conciliatory tone toward Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Tom, whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a boy, is a thoroughly assimilated, tennis-obsessed Englishman who brings his own more conciliatory perspective to the discussion as a British Jew.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
It was almost conciliatory, that “just,” but not quite, not yet.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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