dutifulness

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Noun
  • All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any, are the winner’s sole responsibility.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Greene says that responsibility belongs to local police departments.
    Ubah Ali, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Growth requires humility, not defensiveness.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The wolf is humility, and the turtle is truth.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Censori has the punctiliousness of a Capricorn—her birthday is January 5—but her moon speaks to her artistic, sensitive side.
    Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In spite of a seismic crossing of the technological Rubicon, an abandonment of the centuries-old deference to the naked eye, a codifying and calcifying of the most atomic-level building block of the sport, baseball mostly just looked like baseball.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In Syria, Russia positioned itself between Iran and Israel, using its S-400 missile system to control the skies and leveraging that control to extract deference from both sides.
    Joseph Epstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • A lot of this involves watchfulness—noticing what the preferring mind (that is, the editing mind) as put in place, and accepting it, and building upon it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This patience is watchfulness, not idleness.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While a watch urges vigilance and planning, a warning means immediate action is needed to stay safe and avoid travel unless absolutely necessary.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Her vigilance is intimidating and alluring.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Carlson-Wee introduces himself to Wood with the sweet docility of a young boy meeting his hero.
    Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The same goes for docility, often characterized as a near neighbor of meekness.
    Timothy J. Pawl, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • However its active compounds, which can trigger euphoria or alertness, are technically listed as psychotropic substances, creating a complex legal gray area in Kenya.
    Joseph Maina, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Human tissues can respond to light in ways that extend beyond vision — through photoreceptor signalling in the eye that regulates circadian rhythms, mood, alertness and other functions, as well as through light-sensitive metabolic processes in cells.
    Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Dutifulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutifulness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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