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Adjective
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Cadets like Ayanna Amaro, a Waukegan High School junior, got the message about being courteous before Villalobos made his comments about bodycams, including how to conduct a sobriety test during a DUI stop.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2025 -
In organizations with courteous and helpful employees, performance was higher, and employees were less likely to quit.—
Lieke ten Brummelhuis,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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Cox, appointed by Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu in 2022, affirmed on local news station WCVB last Sunday that his department does not comply with ICE's civil immigration detainers.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Founded by Ryan Sorrell, the online-only publication has distinguished itself not just as a news source, but as a platform for those who are passionate about social justice and civil resistance, particularly in the Black, brown, LGBTQ and low-income communities.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Dressed in a colorful smoking jacket, an accentuating cravat and pencil-thin mustache, his get-up is almost as refined as his compliments, which are so detailed and nimbly assembled that even the politest group of word-spitters would be thoroughly impressed.—
Stefano Montali,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Donald’s giving voice to what polite society sort of sat on for a while, things that are felt but that no one is articulating.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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Rhodes scholars have long had a reputation for being obsequious careerists, transforming themselves into whatever the elite consensus of the day deems worthy.—
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airmail.news,
1 June 2024
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There were cover stories on him and obsequious profiles.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Kid-gloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid-gloved. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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