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Recent Examples of conscience
This Valentine’s Day, your heart and your conscience might thank you for keeping your message genuinely your own.
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Julian Givi, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
There is some small measure of comfort that our public conscience can still be shocked.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Victims and survivors have called for these files to be released in the hope that people of conscience will take action.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Yet what is surprising about this TV presentation is its power to suddenly break into hyper-high reality, a sharp, stabbing knifing to the conscience.
—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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Julian Givi, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
There is some small measure of comfort that our public conscience can still be shocked.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Victims and survivors have called for these files to be released in the hope that people of conscience will take action.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Yet what is surprising about this TV presentation is its power to suddenly break into hyper-high reality, a sharp, stabbing knifing to the conscience.
—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscience
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Angst over the city’s changing demographics has often erupted in Springfield’s city commission meetings, where citizens can speak their mind at an open podium.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Keep in mind, though, that the pick number isn’t really set yet, either.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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Michigan ousted Sherrone Moore for violating his morality contract.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Shaped by biblical ethics, nonviolence, and the belief that justice is indivisible, his framework refused the logic of zero-sum morality.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Despite solid economic growth, booming stock values, cooling inflation and a stable unemployment rate, the economic gains have been uneven.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Auction values are based on 12-team, 26-player rosters with a $260 budget.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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These firms now pay their rainmakers like Wall Street stars and have dropped their courtly scruples for relentless commercialism.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mainstream Republicans and right-leaning unaffiliated voters will gravitate to candidates with experience and scruples.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security has said that the facilities meet federal detention standards and undergo regular audits and inspections.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Both the Times of London and the Daily Telegraph reviewed Newman’s book poorly, with an air of anti-woke ennui, accusing her of imposing contemporary moral standards on the vices of the past.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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From the outside, the structure, which stands next to a large mirror, resembles a human heart.—
Precious Adesina,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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At its heart is a walkable downtown anchored by Falls Park on the Reedy, where waterfalls, lush landscaping, and the Liberty Bridge create a postcard-worthy setting just steps from Main Street’s shops, restaurants, and galleries.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online, with one commonality –– they were created using a new artificial intelligence tool from Chinese developer ByteDance, sparking anxiety over the fast-evolving capabilities of AI.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Transfers have been cancelled if, as Foster says, a player’s character is judged not to be a good fit.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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