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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are resigned" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express acceptance of a situation or outcome, often implying a sense of surrender or giving up hope for change.
Example: "After months of trying to change the policy, the employees are resigned to the fact that nothing will be done."
Alternatives: "have accepted" or "are giving in".
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are resigned
verb
To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of.
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But people are resigned.
The children are resigned.
Labour strategists are resigned to losing Sheffield.
Some program administrators are resigned to austerity.
"We Norwegians are resigned to expensive gasoline.
Most are resigned to remaining through the winter, or longer.
A lot of British voters are resigned to austerity.
And most, I would argue, are resigned to this.
"People are resigned to it," Mr. Levkovich said.
Still others are resigned to the switch, if grudgingly.
People gag on it but are resigned to it.
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