reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
reconciling
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present participleof reconcile.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Researchers believe that learning more about its behavior might also provide insights into one of the greatest unresolved problems in theoretical physics: reconciling gravity with quantum physics.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
I see it in the faces of my grandchildren who have trouble reconciling the views of their generation with those of ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The track finds mother and daughter writing to each other about their relationship, reconciling the effects Madonna’s fame had on her firstborn child.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
He told Europe's nuclear summit that "nuclear power is key to reconciling both independence, and thus energy sovereignty, with decarbonisation, and thus carbon neutrality".
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely.
From "1984" by George Orwell
