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Noun
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After a brief honeymoon period over the summer, when Harris mocked Trump instead of denouncing him, the campaign gave way to a more familiar Democratic posture of ethical rectitude enlivened by flutters of hysteria.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025 -
Even 456, for all his moral rectitude, seems panicked.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
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Cynically referring to the Trotskyists accused in the show trials that Stalin staged in Moscow as part of the Great Purge, Brecht’s comment is still debated in part because its degree of sincerity is so hard to parse.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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The American people are desperate for sincerity in our leaders, and Kennedy comes across as sincere.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
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Dissatisfaction with Lewis reached a peak in June, when two Pulitzer Prize-winning Post journalists called for a leadership change amid the reports that questioned Lewis’ journalistic integrity, undermining the Post’s reputation and reporting alike.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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In July 2023, the industry group sued the E.P.A., as well as the National Academies, accusing researchers of a lack of scientific integrity.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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His efforts to repent led him into a spiral of extreme scrupulosity.—
Kaitlyn Bancroft,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
28 Sep. 2021
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His function is purely semiotic, and objections to him are hardly rooted in scrupulosity about matters of fact or logic.—
Kevin D. Williamson,
National Review,
20 Oct. 2019
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Vance on Thursday also warned that the US could send troops to Ukraine and hit Russia with further sanctions if President Vladimir Putin doesn’t negotiate a peace deal in good faith. 3.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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Executive branch employees are expected to comply with court orders and existing legal roles - but that's mostly relying on good faith and tradition, according to UCLA law professor Blake Emerson.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2025
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As for the legal probity of targeting such a change at one country—China—this would hardly be unprecedented.—
ALEX RASKOLNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2025
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The legal and political crisis encompasses both the Justice Department and New York’s City Hall, calling into question Mr. Adams’s future as well as the independence and probity of federal prosecutions.—
Benjamin Weiser,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Enhancing Web3 Robustness With QA: Aspects To Bear In Mind To provide an accurate operation of the Web3 landscape and boost its reliability, organizations may think of strengthening their adoption practices with quality validation procedures.—
Dzmitry Lubneuski,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Padilla’s priorities include the expansion of fare assistance programs and improvements to service reliability and safety.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Honorableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honorableness. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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