complacent
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This phase is now over, he said, in reference to past themes about the need to rewire an economy that grew too comfortable and complacent because of preferred access to the U.S. market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
However, in a Downing Street statement ahead of the meeting Burnham insisted "we cannot be complacent".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Not complacent; I’m content. I let it run its course, and now I have clarity to go do whatever else it is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Yet that has some worried that investors might be too complacent for their own good in the face of myriad risks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Or maybe I’d just got complacent by then.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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