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as in honorable
guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong
operated on the belief that most people are conscientious, the unattended farm stand has a price list and a money drawer for customers to leave payment for their purchases
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as in careful
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
a counselor who serves patients by first being a conscientious listener
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Recent Examples of conscientious
Given the atmosphere, the dazzling quality of the food and the conscientious service, this should be a very successful restaurant for a long time.
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Now, in the years since his brother's death, Melvin says he's become increasingly conscientious about his own health.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Younger adults in particular are less conscientious, agreeable, extroverted and open to new experiences than past generations, while neuroticism — marked by anxiety and emotional instability — is rising.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Most of the traits that are good, like being conscientious and agreeable are also cool, but in different capacities.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Now, in the years since his brother's death, Melvin says he's become increasingly conscientious about his own health.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Younger adults in particular are less conscientious, agreeable, extroverted and open to new experiences than past generations, while neuroticism — marked by anxiety and emotional instability — is rising.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Most of the traits that are good, like being conscientious and agreeable are also cool, but in different capacities.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscientious
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In 2021, the Vietnam Veterans of America presented Agnes with an award for her dedication, devotion and honorable military service.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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And unlike Hemingway, who tends to be fixated on honorable men thrust into, or just emerging from, Big Moments—frequently war—McGuane is interested in large-souled men in smaller moments.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Those same records also showed that the only other purchases of BAM in the state of Colorado had been from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife agency and the National Parks Service — both of which maintained careful records of any use of the drug, per the indictment.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other ethical considerations will arise as the watches go into production.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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There are also social and ethical challenges that need to be addressed.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Aster's craftsmanship matches his lead's, with Hereditary being as controlled and meticulous as the miniature tableaux Collette's character creates.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The rules on how nurse practitioners can see patients in Missouri are meticulous.—
Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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My appeal is not only personal, but also moral.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then there is the wider moral question of whether historical artifacts should ever be intentionally destroyed.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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So loving so tender, so, so smart.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pictured with a loving 2D sense of verdant forest habitat and targeting 2-6s, a little frog and her friends live wild adventures around their forest, where music and friendship turn each day into discovery, learning and fun, says the synopsis.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Walks that resulted in us having the deepest, most honest and even the funniest conversations of our lives together.—
Louis Casiano , Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Although some perhapsing and mythmaking inevitably find their way into The Dream Factory, Swift is far more diligent about the factual record than Greenblatt is.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even diligent collateral checks aren’t foolproof, and determined fraudsters will succeed for a while.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Conscientious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscientious. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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