law-abidingness

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Noun
  • In 2022 alone, the state shipped nearly $24 billion of nuts, rice, tomatoes and other tasty goodness around the world.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Jones was a tremendous raconteur and an even better writer—his words, my goodness.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His public defense team, led by Anne Taylor, has tried — to no avail — to remove capital punishment as a sentencing option, arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional, breaks with evolving standards of decency and is arbitrarily applied.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2025
  • How it got expressed in Tony was not sharp elbows, but a boundless, Midwestern good nature, and decency.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Led by long-time area residents Nick Barela and Brooks Mosier, KC Property Group was founded on integrity, fairness, and a sense of community.
    KC Property Group, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • King’s willingness to take a seat on the rocket, a ride that could be valued in the six figures, has furthermore raised questions about her journalistic integrity and the news values of CBS News, where journalists are not supposed to take freebies.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Approval from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, much like the morality police, requires artists to master abstraction, ensuring their work remains powerful yet permissible.
    Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
  • An anti-Disney morality tale seeks modern morality.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Law-abidingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/law-abidingness. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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