conciliatory
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The new leader of the opposition, Cheng Li-wun, has visited Chinese leader Xi Jinping and adopted a much more conciliatory position toward Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Landry has largely adopted a conciliatory tone during his visit, according to Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, a senior researcher in American foreign policy at the Danish Institute of International Studies.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Informing her decision to visit Spain, she said, were recent conciliatory gestures from Spanish leaders.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
It has been one of the biggest points of contention between Brussels and Washington, but Puzder struck a conciliatory tone after last week's announcement of a "dialogue" between the EU and United States.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
I’d made my voice conciliatory, and Ruth responded.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing conciliatory
Power Prefix: con-
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