appeasement

Example Sentences

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With hindsight, it's easy to mock Britain's policy of appeasement during the 1930s.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Unfortunately, Burns’s strategy of partial appeasement still spelled economic misfortune.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

People in all parts of government, industry and education are going with a strategy of appeasement, trying to get by.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood