conscience

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Recent Examples of conscience Juke has always been the conscience of this series. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 May 2025 Bloomsbury, Livesey asserts, based its moral conscience on aesthetic sensitivity, not solidarity with the working class. Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025 Talbot is stressed between the conflicting politics claiming his conscience. Armond White, National Review, 7 May 2025 Twain therefore presents a tantalizing challenge for literary biography: to explain how someone able to spot and depict frailties of conscience, character, and judgment in others could be so powerless to correct them in himself. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for conscience
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Noun
  • And never far from mind at these events is the memory of the 2016 Pulse shooting that left 49 dead and 53 wounded at an Orlando hub of LGBTQ nightlife.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 17 May 2025
  • What's on Kourtney Kardashian Barker's mind right now?
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In the film, morality becomes ambiguous, and malleable even, as Coogler brilliantly illustrates duality in his characters and their development while incorporating themes of Hoodoo and Christianity.
    Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
  • Global Constellation has unveiled a first exclusive still for the film, described as a harrowing and timely meditation on the collapse of morality in wartime, and the cost of survival when humanity itself is on the brink.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Boeing has faced criticism for its safety standards in recent years but claims its turnaround is underway.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The storied manufacturer faced criticism for what many saw as slipping standards on its production lines in recent years.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But most importantly, Cuban wore his heart on his jacket sleeves for fellow entrepreneurs coming onto the show.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • When the call came that a donor heart was available, Robinson was hit with a wave of emotion.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Series regular Tony Todd, who died last fall, returns for a touching posthumous scene that references another fan favorite character.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • What was that years-long waiting period like for you while Duster was sidetracked and did your feelings about the project or character evolve at all?
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025

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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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