Examples of honor system in a Sentence

Customers are on the honor system to pay for any software they choose to purchase.

Recent Examples on the Web Take a cinematic cruise down the long flat farm roads, cooing at highland cattle and relaxed quarter horses, or stop to collect a local farmer’s bounty in exchange for a few dollars in the honor system jar. — Kaitlyn Wylde, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2022 To date, open restaurants have mostly operated on the honor system. — Diana Budds, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2021 The honor system isn't really something that Donald Trump buys into. — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021 Assuming the test is negative — reporting a positive result is on the honor system — Bosquet drives his 1- and 3-year-olds to day care, then heads to the office, next to TD Garden. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021 The library is free of charge and is based on a borrowing honor system via online registration. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021 And yet, eight justices believe the authorities can be trusted with the honor system. — al, 29 Sep. 2021 Immunization advocates also worry some people will be more adept at taking advantage of what is essentially an honor system for boosters. — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021 Compliance with that guideline, however, was effectively an honor system. — NBC News, 15 Sep. 2021

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