1
as in honorable
following the accepted rules of moral conduct
a fine, upstanding woman who deserves to be nominated to the state's highest court
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2
as in vertical
rising straight up
not a single wall remained upstanding after the tornado had passed
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Recent Examples of upstanding
Even so, the desire for accountability, for an upstanding game, was consistent with Vincent’s vision.
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Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
These folks are kind, upstanding, American citizens and should be celebrated!
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Even the most upstanding, compliant advisor can suffer catastrophic damage if a malicious or uninformed post makes it to the top of the search results.
—Chad Angle, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Julia is married to an older, upstanding, deeply Catholic and closeted man named Michael, who is bedridden with rheumatism.
—Mary Marge Locker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
These folks are kind, upstanding, American citizens and should be celebrated!
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Even the most upstanding, compliant advisor can suffer catastrophic damage if a malicious or uninformed post makes it to the top of the search results.
—Chad Angle, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Julia is married to an older, upstanding, deeply Catholic and closeted man named Michael, who is bedridden with rheumatism.
—Mary Marge Locker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upstanding
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Just continue to guide your daughter toward honorable behavior.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Law enforcement really is an honorable profession that serves the community at whole very well.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
4 Aug. 2025
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Prior estimates all relied on a method that incorporates the length and vertical relief of uplifted landforms, but that produces different shrinkage estimates depending on the number of faults included in the dataset.—
Sarah Stanley,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Career growth inside companies still follows a narrow script—progress often defined by vertical movement alone.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Naturally, romantic commitments could become affected by the trajectory of your professional goals, so be honest with yourself.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The project intends to empower Californians to engage in honest discussions, according to its mission statement.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Cena was getting a standing ovation in his final SummerSlam when Lesnar's music blared for the first time in two years.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Understudy Bella Brown reportedly stepped in for Zegler for Act 2 and received a standing ovation that lasted nearly five minutes.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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Improving transparency starts with a commitment to open communication, ethical leadership, and meaningful public engagement.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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This approach sidesteps ethical concerns around voice cloning and unauthorized use of actor likenesses, as all work is done with proper permissions and content rights.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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The name of Fort Benning, for example, was suggested by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that sought to rewrite history textbooks and erect monuments that honored the Confederacy and downplayed slavery's centrality to the Civil War.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Construction crews pour concrete and erect steel faster every year, yet one stubborn line item keeps projects over budget: paperwork.—
Shuangling Yin,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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The former third-round pick registered 77 tackles, an interception and six passes defended last season, posting a respectable 64.8 overall grade at Pro Football Focus.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Knapp rummages in her kitchen, eventually holding up a perfectly respectable little potato.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her fossil showcased a mixture of humanlike and apelike traits and provided proof that ancient human relatives walked upright 3.2 million years ago.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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The vacuum converts from an upright device into a handheld to easily clean couches, curtains, and crevices.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Upstanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upstanding. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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