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Adjective
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Mowery recently launched Azure Road, a new culinary, travel, and lifestyle publication for conscientious consumers.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025 -
If the exemption is granted based on religious or personal belief, it is called a conscientious exemption.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Jerrold’s accompanying text is much more strident, decrying the moral failings that lead to imprisonment and waxing dubious on the value of prison reform, rehabilitation efforts, and charity.—
Sarah C. Schaefer,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Yet in a time of moral urgency for so many groups but especially Jews, antisemites are getting louder while those who would defend Jews are getting quieter.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After his honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, Quang enjoyed a successful pharmaceutical sales stint as a top producer for Astra/Merck and then Genentech.—
Quang X. Pham,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The outgoing Chairman, Gen. Charles 'CQ' Brown, Jr., USAF, has served with distinction in a career spanning four decades of honorable service.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But sometimes, staying is the more ethical choice, Rutgers philosophy professor Alex Guerrero told Morning Edition host A Martínez.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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Clear definition of values and purpose: Values are the ethical principles that define the organization's identity and guide its decisions, behavior and corporate culture.—
Susana Sierra,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Without fair elections, an honest media environment and a credible opposition, voters can’t correct their country’s course at the ballot box, providing competitive authoritarian regimes little incentive to do anything but enrich themselves.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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But to be honest the significant immune support is more than enough to keep me taking it.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Functional character, product engineering, extreme study of spaces, scrupulous search for a unique design that finds in detail an extreme elegance combined with highly performing technological elements, are the thread of this innovative project.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes,
20 Nov. 2024
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In leaving much of his story up to intuition — and taking a climactic turn toward the surreal — Chowdhury crafts a scrupulous slow-burn drama about a kind of obsession that, despite being opaque, comes off as entirely tragic.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Belinda is suspicious and could bring righteous retribution ... or become his next victim.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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Typically, the argument goes that all Trump’s lying and disinformation, met with righteous scolding from liberals, has led to mass desensitization, over everything from Trump’s thirty-four felony convictions to his racist rhetoric.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The panel at the AI Action Summit was meant to highlight the virtuous cycle that could be created between AI companies and content creators.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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Even better, a focus on compassion attracts like-minded employees and partners who share your vision, creating a virtuous cycle that fuels further innovation and success.—
Albert Kim,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Overconscientious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconscientious. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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