HarperCollins's slang guide also notes the usage, calling it " Increasingly . . . placative or apologetic ."
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The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest trade group, declined to participate and dismissed the committee as " placative ."
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But the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest trade group, declined to participate and dismissed the committee as " placative ( and ) guided by expediency ."