incorrupt

variants also incorrupted

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Recent Examples of incorrupt In Catholicism, a body that resists normal decay is considered incorrupt. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023 Despite the dangers of disrespecting the power of an incorrupt corpse, such objects have always been the focus of doubt. Katherine Harvey, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorrupt
Adjective
  • While remaining super soft to the touch, the jacket, available in both men’s and women’s silhouettes, still provides a tough barrier to outside rain and snow that is incorruptible over time.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Oh the incorruptible queen sullies herself with a lover.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Service Last but not least, providing irreproachable service is imperative.
    Suneeta Motala, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • There may be practical reasons that your friend won’t get his way, but his argument, unlike his driving, is irreproachable.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Adjective
  • Guests throughout the year are dazzled by Fulk’s exquisite interiors and immaculate attention to detail, but the holidays will bring something special.
    Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For most of the restaurant’s existence, Herrera sat on a chair at the counter, with immaculate red nails, taking orders and writing the names of customers on paper bags.
    Erica Zora Wrightson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The clean, bright walls along with colorful rugs and hardwood floors can seem impossible for people living in apartments.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the dredging, sediment that’s not placed on the beach could be left in the pit and covered with a layer of clean sand.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • This creates a virtuous cycle where higher demand for bitcoin bonds drives greater bitcoin adoption, further bolstering its price and utility.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Breaking this virtuous cycle appears risky and counterproductive, but the trend lines are in this direction.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • What does that have to do with innocent bystander Zac Efron?
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
  • They have been used before in crowded city centers in Europe to take innocent lives and spread fear.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • Booker previously served in the United States Army but was removed from the military with a less than honorable discharge after going AWOL in 2017, Fox 2 Detroit reported, citing court documents.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Captain Dellinger of the US Army is an honorable man who only seeks the truth, and whose writing is filled with hope for a better future.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Incorrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incorrupt. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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