conscience

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Recent Examples of conscience The future belongs to those who can integrate code and conscience. Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025 The Canadian national conscience is rightly troubled by the serious social problems afflicting Indigenous Canada. David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025 The horrific crimes in Gaza have resulted in a global outcry and awakened consciences across ideological barriers. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2025 What normalization ultimately means remains open to interpretation and may be left to the conscience of individual firms weighing reputational risk against commercial opportunity. Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conscience
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Noun
  • The brainchild of Chris Roberts, the mind behind Wing Commander and Freelancer, Star Citizen is probably the most ambitious ongoing project in video games, having raised nearly one billion dollars in funding as of this writing.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • But for the mother-daughter pair, their minds were on Minneapolis and how federal agents have handled immigration enforcement.
    John Lauritsen, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was killed in custody after being arrested by the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab.
    Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
  • During the 2022-23 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, sparked by the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, Pahlavi called for rallies against the Iranian government in the United States, Canada and other countries.
    Eric Lob, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Education policies, as well as parenting values focused on grades and test scores as singular markers of achievement may also be to blame.
    Brandon Busteed, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That support has given me the strength to keep pushing forward, for integrity, accountability, and a sport that truly upholds the values that brought us together to compete.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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
  • The state spent more than $20 billion without uniform standards to measure effectiveness.
    Julie Watts, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In Hong Kong, this positions MKS to contribute to the HKPMCC’s governance and system design, ensuring interoperability with global standards.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.
    Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Vidal was struck five times and bullets hit his heart, lung, liver and pancreas.
    Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The two main female characters, Avril Incandenza and Joelle van Dyne, both happen to be gorgeous.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • They are balanced by just enough sweetness to offset the inherent salty character of the black beans, and infinitely complex.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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