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placid

[plas-id] / ˈplæs ɪd /


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She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Steve Sosnick, the chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, writes that the president’s comments “challenged investors’ perceptions about a speedy end to hostilities and a fundamental tenet of U.S. equities’ placid response to the crisis.”

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

American shale’s placid responses to energy whirlwinds are becoming an enduring feature of the U.S. oil industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

"The first one by Cití Ní Ghallchóir is so sweet but still so sad and placid... she just seemed really exhausted," she said, noting that the other two felt "disgusting, painful and exaggerated."

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

“When do you return to America?” he asked, trying to sound placid.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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