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Recent Examples of rectitude To establish internal discipline and moral rectitude, Yassin set up the Majd and selected Yahya Sinwar to help lead it. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024 And this has long presented a puzzle: How can people who prize moral rectitude and personal witness to Jesus so faithfully support the most secular president in American history, someone who seems by his behavior at best indifferent to Christianity? Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 Doing more damage in the name of fiscal rectitude will derail Labour’s positive agenda and, with it, possibly the party itself. Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2024 Ryan and Ellis focus is not so much on rectitude or certainty but on the character’s fight against her own exhaustion. Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rectitude 
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Noun
  • Elected in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, the former governor of Georgia, ran as a Washington outsider and rose to the White House with a strong sense of morality, an engineer's mind and a progressive, moderate approach to governing.
    Grace Segers, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Carter used his political anonymity to his advantage, running as an outsider who could bring to Washington just the type of integrity and personal morality needed in the aftermath of the Watergate era.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Anthony Kristensen, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Decisions as simple as a window placement can have cascading effects on energy performance, structural integrity and occupant comfort.
    Francesco Iorio, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Gleyber Torres was out by virtue of the fan interference call.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Partway through a panel discussion at a recent economics conference in San Francisco, Jason Furman, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, turned to Kimberly Clausing, a former member of the Biden administration and the author of a book extolling the virtues of free trade.
    Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There's definitely a midwestern quality, a good, wholesome honesty that comes with her to New York.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Her honesty and integrity in standing up for the citizens of San Diego can teach us all.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Words cannot express how good my skin looked, oh my goodness.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Thank goodness the fight is at night or one of them might be put off by a glint of sunlight like receiver CeeDee Lamb.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Next Generation has the dubious honor of being the first Trek show where veteran fans warn against new fans starting at the very beginning.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Michael Goi, Joan Churchill, John Simmons and Pete Romano also are set for career honors from the group.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Rectitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectitude. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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