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Recent Examples of duteous
The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years.
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John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duteous
Adjective
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The Thursday, March 13 episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter saw the dutiful dad visiting an attorney's office to find out the legal options for having his wife, Kristina Shirley, adopt his 16-year-old daughter, Leah.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Carrigan plays the dutiful, largely silent family servant in the movie.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Onstage, Wood is unhurried, an amiable man who, despite being 46, has the countenance of a churchgoing grandfather who still starches his Sunday suit.—
Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Jerry Eisenberg, the amiable animator known for his contributions to The Jetsons, The Peter Potamus Show, Wacky Races, Fangface, Spider-Man cartoons, Scooby-Doo movies and so much more, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But constantly holding back or being overly agreeable can have real consequences.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
5 Mar. 2025
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Yet Sunday's Oscars managed to be an agreeable experience for all.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The good news is that the eggs seem to be obliging.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Yiannopoulos followed with screenshots of group texts with him, the dentist and West, with the latter requesting nitrous and the dentist obliging.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition (March 25) takes a wary view of its own contents, which span half a millennium, arguing that the West acted out its daydreams of a docile Orient one cup-and-saucer at a time.—
Shauna Lyon,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Mark is taller and brighter than Darren but infinitely more docile and far less street-smart.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service.—
Claude Malhuret,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2025
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However, these works — all written by men — portrayed Veronika as a fragile, submissive woman, passively awaiting her fate.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Duteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duteous. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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