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Does this force her to look more closely at herself and her own sense of morality?—
Cressida Leyshon,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025 -
At that moment, a car full of ISIS morality police — the hisbah — was passing by.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, not everyone is able to make a distinction between a person’s politics and their basic human decency.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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That sense of love leaves her willing to do anything within the realm of reason and human decency for her partner — but naturally, that’s not good enough for the kind of guy who seriously considers investing in an android lover.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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The clearest act of nobility among the crop of pardons that have been handed out came not from a leader but a 71-year-old retired drug and alcohol counselor from Boise, Idaho.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Though a standard for the style set, the sleek option doubles as a wedding hairstyle fit for English nobility. 26.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
26 Dec. 2024
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United were disproportionately affected by Covid compared to other Premier League clubs in respect of matchday revenue, by virtue of the 74,310-capacity Old Trafford being English football’s largest club stadium.—
Mark Critchley,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Those two virtues were said to have resonated with Ivanka as her father and the country sets out on the next chapter in the nation’s history.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
22 Jan. 2025
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To expect that Brian is Marty is not fair to the son, but fairness has no place in the NFL.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2025
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With over 200,000 former students potentially impacted, the case highlights longstanding concerns over accessibility and fairness in higher education.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The study used the HEXACO Personality Inventory to determine key six personality traits: honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
24 Jan. 2025
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Most notably, emotional stability, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to new experiences will enhance both your ability to find and keep the right job, as well as the right partner.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The spotlight has shown light on the big, bad wolves on the other end of those chats, yet the spotlight itself has perverted the process of real justice by making this a righteous spectacle.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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Equating the leaders of a democracy with leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization – and more recently, with the Taliban – is an insult to the principles of justice.—
Beth Bailey,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Respectability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectability. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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