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The business-software group is working on a metric to convey the impact of AI on its operations to appease investors wanting insight into the tech reshaping the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Whatever the assignment was supposed to accomplish, it did not appease the man it was designed to flatter.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

But Parton refused to distance herself from Fonda just to appease her more conservative fans.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Evergrande struggled to appease angry homebuyers and investors, as the firm's crisis triggered rare protests outside its offices in China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Obviously not,” I said to appease her, but she was wrong.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

"Having a clear goal, something that you can actually realise, is something that we don't necessarily have in everyday life, and that appeases our brain," says Dr Christensen.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

An awkward locution, but it appeases the sensitivity police.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

But he also made clear that he does not want an early election, something that will be hard to avoid unless he appeases Mr. Ziobro and fellow Euroskeptics.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019

I look between them, hoping that my solution appeases both of them.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 12, 2026

Los Blancos were in charge but despite taking the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the team in at the break.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

That hasn’t appeased protesters at demonstrations throughout Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

“It’s gotta be warm and almost womblike in a way that you feel very appeased as soon as you walk in, and then you bring your guard down,” says Bole, a native of France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

But it seems there is more to it, more things to be memorized, more songs to be sung, more nickels to be donated, before he can be truly appeased.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

He also pledged a break from the Petro policy of appeasing criminal gangs, vowing to build mega prisons to get their recruits off the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

"This announcement appears to be about appeasing the markets and its shareholders while ignoring its workers," she said at the time.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

McDonald’s and Oracle are among the growing list of clients choosing to part ways with the appeasing firms.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

“Try to find some way of appeasing him,” he said, “instead of going home disgraced.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton