conscience

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Recent Examples of conscience Yet Weil would not surrender her conscience to any creed. Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025 Recoechi melds the best elements of street storytelling and conscience, stepping into a role that his generation of Chicago rap has long needed to be filled. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025 Personally, that didn’t sit right with me, that didn’t sit right with my conscience. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025 This brief modification was enough to ruffle the conscience of a film critic. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conscience
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Noun
  • Payton lost his mind, running onto the field, drawing a penalty.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • These disorienting films linger on the mind long after the credits roll.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins, and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The contents of the article do not reflect me or the values of our state.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Missouri values fairness and integrity, and this process reflects that.
    Savannah Hawley-Bates, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Luckily Florida has no such scruples.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For his part, Elliott has impressed Villa personnel with his attitude and application, which chimes with Emery’s coaching staff’s uber-meticulous professional standards.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Then unlimited human creativity invents new jobs that deliver more value overall, and living standards rise.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The third-highest goal scorer in the club’s history had his heart set on chasing down more records and winning another Golden Boot.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • My heart doesn't feel okay with it.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In books and movies, though, versions of amnesia lurk everywhere … Amnesiacs might not much exist, but amnesiac characters stumble everywhere through comic books, movies, and our dreams.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Other new characters joining the mix are Malcolm’s girlfriend, Tristan (Kiana Madeira) and his daughter, Leah (Keeley Karsten).
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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