1
as in owing
having reached the date at which payment is required
the loan is due next April
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Relevance
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2
as in expected
being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events
their train is due to arrive in half an hour
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as in justified
being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong
all the participants in the trial are required to treat the judge with due respect
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as in just
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
the island lies due south of the headland
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as in straight
in a direct line or course
a plane flying due east
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as in privilege
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Recent Examples of due
Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The topics were assigned on Monday, due on Friday, and at only a page, were not onerous.
—Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Cumberbatch agreed that comedies rarely get their due at awards shows.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
File an accurate tax return or catch up on past-due filings.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The topics were assigned on Monday, due on Friday, and at only a page, were not onerous.
—Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
Marvell Technology is getting its due.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Cumberbatch agreed that comedies rarely get their due at awards shows.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for due
Adjective
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However, authorities then accused Rappler of owing taxes on that transaction.—
Jason Gutierrez,
BostonGlobe.com,
18 Jan. 2023
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However, the authorities then accused Rappler of owing taxes on that transaction.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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That gap between strategy and readiness plays into expected outcomes.—
Jennifer Belissent,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Begin planting seeds indoors six to eight weeks before the last expected frost in your area.—
Kerry Michaels,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In the clip, Durant rattled off several tweets that referenced his ashy skin while promoting his partnership with CeraVe, responding to the critics' takes online with justified explanations of each — and a healthy dose of a good sense of humor.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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So civil disobedience and noncompliance are indeed justified.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The concepts haven’t changed, just the names.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The yen touched its strongest level since October in US trading Tuesday after comments from Japanese officials, including just recently the finance minister, fueled speculation that the government may intervene in the market to prevent the currency from resuming its decline.—
Mia Glass,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Outfit 5 This is the outfit that can do it all—take you straight to the office, out to a classy meal, or right onto a connecting flight.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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The victory was the 11-3 Aztecs’ fifth straight and boosted them to 5-0 in Mountain West Conference play for the first time since the 2011-2012 season.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Italians fought and lost to Robert Moses’s wrecking whims; Puerto Ricans who could fled to Jersey for the privilege of a backyard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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My Soviet jailers gave me the privilege of reading the latest copy of Pravda.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Residents of Algonquin Manor on Bradley Road saw a notice from We Energies taped to the building's front door in early October, warning that the electricity would be disconnected in a few days because of an unpaid bill.—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The precise value of the unpaid bill is not known.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This game came one day after his fiancee, Carolina Matovac, announced on Instagram that yesterday was the scheduled due date for the couple’s first child.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Investigators and court records have raised concerns about childcare providers that refused inspections, failed to respond to scheduled visits, and reported enrollment numbers that did not align with reality.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Due.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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