above/beyond reproach

idiom

formal
: not calling for any criticism
His actions were above/beyond reproach.

Examples of above/beyond reproach in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In fact, our behaviors must be above reproach and truly worthy of the public’s trust. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 Better yet, restore the Supreme Court’s moral authority through ethical standards that will hold them beyond reproach. Lourdes Rosado, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2024 Their position within the movement is beyond reproach, which gives them little incentive to expand their party. Selim Koru, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2016 Set in a period beyond reproach and recollection, Crummey’s novel explores the power dynamics woven into the island’s rural, remote, northern outpost where the labour force historically consisted mainly of squatters stranded by unfortunate circumstance. Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for above/beyond reproach 

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“Above/beyond reproach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%2Fbeyond%20reproach. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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