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capitulation

[kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn] / kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən /


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If this is what capitulation looks like, it would be a first.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and foreign-policy vice president at the Brookings Institution think tank, said Trump won’t swiftly get the full capitulation he seeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The software ETF capped eight straight trading days of declines with a 5% drop in what felt like capitulation.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Glenn Seaborg, whose work with plutonium was still conducted under strict government security, was more candid about his capitulation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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