Example Sentences

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“If we do not demand or expect anything better than the rotten status quo, we are capitulating to it.”

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2018

If we do not demand or expect anything better than the rotten status quo, we are capitulating to it.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2018

Crisis communications experts say those are just a few of the growing number of companies that, when faced with a public uproar from consumers, are capitulating to their demands.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2015