as in dutiful
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Recent Examples of duteous
The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years.
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John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duteous
Adjective
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Mitsuko, 88 years old, was among the generation who saw nationalism change from being the dutiful way of life in Japan to something that should be questioned.—
Kevin Chroust,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2025
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This would work best not as the typical awards show dutiful sideline but integrated directly into the winner revelations.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Onstage, Wood is unhurried, an amiable man who, despite being 46, has the countenance of a churchgoing grandfather who still starches his Sunday suit.—
Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Jerry Eisenberg, the amiable animator known for his contributions to The Jetsons, The Peter Potamus Show, Wacky Races, Fangface, Spider-Man cartoons, Scooby-Doo movies and so much more, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Such agreeable conditions, however, were not to last for poor Miopetaurista.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The original cost is already an agreeable number for leggings.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Yiannopoulos followed with screenshots of group texts with him, the dentist and West, with the latter requesting nitrous and the dentist obliging.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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Cristina lounges about between scenes in velvet frocks and jackets, tended by a criminally obliging doctor, like a figure from Hollywood’s Babylonian era.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Mark is taller and brighter than Darren but infinitely more docile and far less street-smart.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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While ponies have a more strong-willed nature, horses are usually more docile and willing to please.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cowed by DeSantis, weak and submissive lawmakers unquestioningly approved his culture-war agenda.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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The issue then was DeSantis’ marginalizing of Black voting strength in North Florida, forcing a submissive Legislature to swallow his map of congressional districts — an issue that’s the Legislature’s prerogative.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Duteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duteous. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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