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Example sentences for: placate

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But Redstone's desire to remake the company--and to placate shareholders, who have been disenchanted with Viacom for two years now--outweighed tax considerations.
The humbling of Clinton would also serve a political function: It would placate conservatives, especially if service were combined with a haymaker congressional censure.
This effusively named tax cut would, even after some cosmetic improvements to placate fiscal conservatives, likely absorb more than the total 10-year surplus.
Attempts at compromise--amendments guaranteeing that future agreements will include provisions protecting the environment and workers' rights--have failed to placate these groups.
He acknowledged that growing up with an alcoholic parent may have made him particularly eager to please and placate.