conscience

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Recent Examples of conscience More than 50 years later, his words still challenge our conscience. Talia Kaplan, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026 DeSantis and Ladapo have previously supported legislation that gives doctors the broad ability to deny any patient a procedure based on the doctor’s conscience and morals. Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026 But all this rolls into a play where conscience is king. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026 Yet nothing in our recent history compares to this moment of reckoning that will define Iran’s future and test the world’s conscience. Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conscience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscience
Noun
  • Expect fragrances to go heavy metal this year—or rather, invisible, light-as-air metal—as brands are using notes that bring materials like silver, gold, and steel to mind.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Nagli said although anyone can now create an app or website with plain human language through vibe-coding, security is likely not top of mind.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 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
  • These values drop somewhat when advertising on cable networks, although costs can be fairly volatile depending on the channel and specific program.
    Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a belief that the franchise could go for more than $7 billion, which would lift the values of every franchise.
    Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • These firms now pay their rainmakers like Wall Street stars and have dropped their courtly scruples for relentless commercialism.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Mainstream Republicans and right-leaning unaffiliated voters will gravitate to candidates with experience and scruples.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 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 renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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