complacent
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That’s according to Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen, who is leaping to the defense of what some have termed complacent investors and markets when it comes to the Iran war.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
“We may have been in an environment where markets were a little more complacent with the need for energy within a portfolio of stocks.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Unlike the long-ago transition to the cloud, which undid many existing software firms, incumbents aren’t being complacent this time around.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
“People got a little complacent that fuel would always be $56,” and didn’t have to think about fuel prices in the past few years, he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
The second was Yale’s complacent refusal to accommodate its sought-after assistant professor’s request for a promotion to associate professor.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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