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Example sentences for: complacency
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If the prospect of surpluses over the next decade lulls us into complacency, the nation could face daunting demographic challenges without having changed the path of programs for the elderly or having built the economic capacity to bear the costs of the programs as currently structured.
Even worse news: Bottom-line-obsessed universities won't challenge this complacency because they can't afford to offend their paying customers.
This theory singles out current Executive Editor Downie for abuse, but complacency took root as early as 1981, when the Post 's cross-town competitor, the Washington Star , folded, allowing the fat beast to diddle all it wanted without paying a price.
Berger was more cautious, praising the NSC staff 's performance but observing that this was no time for complacency.
A perceived quick fix, such as a pill, avoided the more difficult issue of behavior change, and justified patients' satisfaction or complacency with their non-healthy behaviors.