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mollification

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Noun
  • In December 2025, a ski patroller was killed in an avalanche at Mammoth Mountain resort in central California while conducting avalanche mitigation work.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Buying a home is safe as long as proper radon mitigation is in place, the county said.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • If funding for health decreases by 20 percent, 12 million more children could die by 2045.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The south and southwest suburbs saw a 35% decrease in homicides in 2025 compared to 2024, according to tracking by the Daily Southtown, reflecting a continuing downward trend in recent years.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But by practicing moderation, parents can model smart technology habits for their kids.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The attorneys general of Louisiana and Kentucky have filed lawsuits against the company, and recently Florida's attorney general subpoenaed Roblox for information about its age verification and chat moderation policies.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, successive American presidents have entered office and engaged with Russia under the illusion that personal relationships with Russia’s leaders, mutual economic interest and appeasement of Russian demands would transform Russia’s role in the world.
    Kathleen Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Some of his targets have learned through bitter experience that preëmptive appeasement only opens the door to escalating demands.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This concurrence is perhaps a more pernicious one, because both menopause and dementia involve—or, in the case of menopause, can involve—the diminishment of cognitive function.
    Anna Holmes, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The diminishment of free speech.
    Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Mollification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollification. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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