placating
- present participle of placate.
Example Sentences
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Soundly beating earnings expectations isn’t placating investors skeptical of the durability of the frenzied AI data center buildout, which is driving these outsize earnings reports.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Neither satisfying the public’s prurient curiosity, nor allowing Epstein conspiracy theorists to second-guess prosecutorial judgment, nor placating a president’s political base is a valid reason to break the normal rule.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
“I don’t want him to suffer for the sake of placating other people,” said Mays’ daughter Jennifer Nutt, 47, of Merced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
Such statements however have not succeeded in placating public scepticism.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
Her tone seemed placating; that caught his attention.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
