assuage
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The earnings report seemed to assuage investors’ concerns after a slow start to the year.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
In Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” Roy M. Cohn, trying to assuage an angry client he can’t get off the phone, offers theater tickets to a show he knows that this annoying rube will like.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
There is still stigma and misunderstanding around his illness, which he is keen to assuage.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The construction sector added more jobs in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but not enough to assuage concerns over a prolonged period of cost increases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It was not enough to assuage the pain that Jonas was beginning, now, to know.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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