placid
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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
Children ages 4 to 8 will think they know what’s coming from the placid, old-timey barnyard setting, where the horse says “neigh” and the cow says “moo.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
"At different phases of the day it can feel quite placid, you can feel out of the game with the ball and things can turn around," said Root.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
This placid trading ultimately sent the three-month realized volatility for the S&P 500 to its lowest level since January 2020 last week, according to FactSet data and MarketWatch calculations.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, “the palaces of nature,” were not changed.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing placid
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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