complacent
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“We may have been in an environment where markets were a little more complacent with the need for energy within a portfolio of stocks.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Unlike the long-ago transition to the cloud, which undid many existing software firms, incumbents aren’t being complacent this time around.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
“We shouldn’t be complacent about accepting errors” from AI tools, Topol told me.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Clark identifies four signals that indicate investors are complacent about how much risk is present in markets: very tight credit spreads, cheap forex options, elevated sentiment and low cash balances among money managers.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
“To think I was complacent here, while all this was going on.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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