conscience

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Recent Examples of conscience Yet even in that state, there’s a small part of his conscience that endures to the very end. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025 The Takeaway Across these threads and more, this year’s SIFF positioned children’s cinema not as an offshoot of the industry but as its conscience. Essie Assibu, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025 Luzuriaga recorded over 100 albums, and his emblematic cumbias still live in the collective conscience of the entire country. NPR, 20 Oct. 2025 After the murder of fellow agent Lizzie (Alison Oliver), who died due to his leaks, his conscience got the best of him. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conscience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscience
Noun
  • Like, rot-your-mind, hindbrain stimulation, violence/gore/goofy villains-type fun.
    Lily Osler, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • However, the threat to personal safety while attending college can linger in the back of a student’s mind, potentially stoking fear among those who are just trying to earn their education.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The death of Amini in the custody of the morality police became a symbol of systemic repression, particularly against women.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Cami trying to bring morality to the oil industry sure sounds nice, but she would be eaten alive.
    William Earl, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For Florida, Sykes argued, even a flat market signals stability after years of breakneck appreciation—especially in Palm Beach, where home values have jumped as much as 200% in the past few years.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Your money matters and personal values are in the spotlight of this retrograde, Scorpio.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Mainstream Republicans and right-leaning unaffiliated voters will gravitate to candidates with experience and scruples.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
  • For Jay Gatsby, a man of immense wealth and few scruples, almost nothing is beyond his voracious appetite for excess.
    David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Capping those rates could backfire, resulting in significantly stricter lending standards and making credit unavailable to lower-income people or those with lower credit scores.
    Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Beyond money, other issues expected to be hammered out in CBA talks include the length of the season, facility and travel standards, retirement benefits and changes to rookie deals.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Kipling City Pack Backpack Pocket space is at the very heart of this backpack’s design, which has over five different compartments on the interior and exterior.
    Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
  • What the museum dream team did not see was the pain in our hearts about this jail.
    Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Gyles Brandreth, broadcaster, former MP and friend to Christopher Robin Milne, opened up about the man behind the character while chatting with Joe Sibilia on Nostalgia Tonight.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That idea of shiny surfaces is key to Cathy’s character and costumes.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2026

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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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