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And in its rule-making, the EU should simplify and streamline, rather than moralize and nitpick.
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Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
The repeal of those old laws followed so swiftly by the imposition of other ones regulating speech suggests Ireland retains its faith in the power of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
But Coppola, never one to fall back on easy, moralizing judgments — nor to disentangle sadness from joy, its natural companion — doesn’t deny or condemn that mirage’s seductive power.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
But to liberate parents from shame like this is every bit as moralizing an act as scolding them would be.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
The repeal of those old laws followed so swiftly by the imposition of other ones regulating speech suggests Ireland retains its faith in the power of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
But Coppola, never one to fall back on easy, moralizing judgments — nor to disentangle sadness from joy, its natural companion — doesn’t deny or condemn that mirage’s seductive power.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
But to liberate parents from shame like this is every bit as moralizing an act as scolding them would be.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Moralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralize. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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