mollification

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Noun
  • Sound mitigation measures — including berms and acoustic treatment — would be incorporated to control noise levels, and exterior lighting would be shielded and directed downward to prevent glare or spillover into surrounding properties.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Individual distributors provide useful mitigation guidance, as does the post by Schrijvershof linked above.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to Gary’s 2025 Public Safety Report, the city’s homicide rate is its lowest since 1970, and fatal shootings decreased from 133 incidents in 2024 to 101 in 2025, which is a 24% decrease.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The decrease in students also means a decrease in state funding for next school year.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For many people, shrimp is safe to eat in moderation.
    Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
  • While news outlets attempt to maintain civility in comment sections by various forms of moderation and by articulating policies of acceptable speech, moderating comments itself is a labor-intensive endeavor, and not all news outlets want to or can dedicate the necessary amount of resources to it.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The film is a quiet yearning romance alongside an interrogation of Nazi appeasement, class, and duty.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This time, Trump’s pressure tactics are sparking resistance, not appeasement.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Chinese diplomats and the foreign ministry say that their outreach in the region is aimed at building friendship and assisting countries with poverty alleviation, agricultural and economic development, and law and order.
    Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.
    Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Literature’s loss of cultural authority is due in part to funding cuts, book bannings, and political attacks on higher education, but the overwhelming driver of its diminishment may be our own indifference.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Mollification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollification. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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