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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscience
Noun
  • Food prices have been top of mind following a year of up and down tariffs and people losing SNAP benefits during the government shutdown amid growing economic concerns.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The shooting at Brown University and the deaths of two students that resulted will remain seared into the minds of Rhode Islanders for some time.
    Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
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
  • The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Sitting down with Fast Company executive editor Amy Farley for a one-on-one chat at the National Retail Federation convention, Laughton spoke about her efforts to strike a balance between moving the 87-year-old brand forward while upholding its heritage, culture and values.
    Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 14 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
  • 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
  • Ornery, bizarre, cantankerous, brilliant, talented, stubborn—all characters from our lives.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The show features figure skating, DJs, music and sing-alongs as Mickey Mouse, Goofy and other Disney characters hit the stage.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.

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