as in allegiance
adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty
as much as I wanted to back my friend up, my fealty to the truth was greater, and I could not lie for him
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Recent Examples of fealty
During the nationwide protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, Trump fumed when military officers declined to show him sufficient public fealty.
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Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Career civil servants will be purged, replaced with political appointees whose primary qualification is apparent fealty to the President.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
Trump nominees Wednesday tried to balance fealty to Trump’s personal worldviews with perspectives aimed at lining up bipartisan Senate support to quickly assemble a Cabinet.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
In the end, however, their bets on foreign policy — opening China to capitalism, halting Iran’s nuclear program, tightening economic bonds with allies — took precedence, and a new fealty to megadonors shaped fiscal policies that bolstered financial markets but shuttered many factories.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Career civil servants will be purged, replaced with political appointees whose primary qualification is apparent fealty to the President.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
Trump nominees Wednesday tried to balance fealty to Trump’s personal worldviews with perspectives aimed at lining up bipartisan Senate support to quickly assemble a Cabinet.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
In the end, however, their bets on foreign policy — opening China to capitalism, halting Iran’s nuclear program, tightening economic bonds with allies — took precedence, and a new fealty to megadonors shaped fiscal policies that bolstered financial markets but shuttered many factories.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fealty
Noun
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The American must decide whether her allegiance can continue to lie with money and power.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Our justice system and many of those in federal service have been forced not to allegiance to the American public but allegiance to the whims of a budding dictator.—
Peter Buonome,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Especially important is implementing a loyalty program within your app (there are many successful ones to emulate across not only coffee but food service as a whole) where customers earn points for purchases and receive rewards like free products.—
Sergey Baburov,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Last year, Lowe’s launched a loyalty program for DIY customers.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, the drug maker Eli Lilly recently announced a $27 billion commitment to manufacture products in the U.S.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Skelly secured the Obama Administration’s commitment to buy his energy, but in the course of a decade the project slowly collapsed, as state powers dawdled and eventually refused to issue the necessary permits.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His relentless dedication paid off—Yehuda went on to compete in and judge some of the most prestigious barber battles, including Bronner Bros, America’s Beauty Show, and CT Barber Expo.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
5 Mar. 2025
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Her dedication to elevating Black voices in wine is truly inspiring.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ronnie’s devotion to fatherhood was evident in one of his recent Instagram posts.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The family’s devotion to theater organs runs deep; a young Norm helped Sarah and Garrett install two of them in their house.—
Heather Kathryn Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As application intelligence evolves, agents are processing this data at higher velocity, with a heightened level of fidelity and managing new types of multi-modal inputs like text, images, voice, and sensor data.—
Andrew Davidson,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Pushing Boundaries, Bluffton Extreme fidelity to regional specialties can dampen diners’ appetites for the novel—or a broader history.—
Cynthia R. Greenlee,
Bon Appétit,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Fealty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fealty. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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