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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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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
At this point, the strategy is either to bid the full $25,000 or not bid at all; throwing in an arbitrary number would raise too many eyebrows among a team that is so concerned about being upstanding players.
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Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
The upstanding Uber driver opened up about his personal life during dinner and revealed that his daughter Myra was in chemotherapy.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
Smart people making upstanding choices makes for boring television.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Here, though, Putin is given way more than his due: glamorized as a shy, upstanding mayor corrupted by Berezovsky and his plutocratic ilk.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
The upstanding Uber driver opened up about his personal life during dinner and revealed that his daughter Myra was in chemotherapy.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
Smart people making upstanding choices makes for boring television.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Here, though, Putin is given way more than his due: glamorized as a shy, upstanding mayor corrupted by Berezovsky and his plutocratic ilk.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upstanding
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Would Adams have preferred a deeply dishonorable man in the White House over an honorable woman?Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Petty didn’t back down and MCA changed their plans, enshrining his reputation as an honorable guy who cared more about his fans than his own bottom line.Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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This crazy star seems to communicate with a smaller, five-pointed star to its upper right that is mainly light blue, though its loose weave of horizontal and vertical marks also contains other colors.Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The 1,200 vertical drop is decently steep for the Finger Lake region.Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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This leads to an honest and bracing conversation about the nature of addiction.Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Healthy relationships, open or closed, involve honest communication.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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This prompted a standing ovation and choruses of pro-Trump chants.Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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In the biopic, Jolie, 49, transforms into the late opera singer Maria Callas, and prior to Sunday’s carpet, the mom of six was riding high from Maria garnering strong reviews as well as earning standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival, where Jolie cried, and the Telluride Film Festival.Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Second, most congressional Republicans have abandoned ethical norms.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The Supreme Court’s deference to FDR during World War II resulted in unjustifiable ethical breaches, but its new code of conduct has not resolved the question of when a justice should be disqualified from a case.Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sitting at a drafting table, armed with his mighty pencil and backed by the authority and purse of the federal government, Rudolph could wipe away entire neighborhoods, reshape cities, and erect monuments.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2024
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Nearly three decades on, viewers are still baffled by costume designer Jose Fernandez's decision to adhere erect rubber nipples to various costumes.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Modena says the new car will accelerate from zero to 62 mph in 4.7 seconds and top out at a respectable 177 mph.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Speak No Evil, a James McAvoy–starring remake of a 2022 Danish-Dutch psycho-thriller of the same name, delivered respectable returns for Blumhouse ($76.2 million on a $15 million budget).Chris Lee, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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The gyroscope steadies the wearer’s hand by countering the motion, like a spinning top trying to keep upright.Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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The dual zipper design opens up the main compartment that is outfitted with additional elastic straps and pockets to hold bottles upright.Teddy Minford, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Upstanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upstanding. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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