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Recent Examples of conscionable Banning Trump was the only conscionable response to January 6 – and de-platforming is proven to quash provocateurs. Holly Thomas, CNN, 12 May 2022 Of course, this was exactly why the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was created fifteen years ago: to make the American fashion community more caring, more creative, more conscionable. Sally Singer, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2018 With the issue of guns and your stock portfolio (or just your 401(k) for that matter), the question is a conscionable one, but there's not a simple fix for most investors. refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscionable
Adjective
  • That would be the honest, fair and honorable thing to do.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This reversal deeply disrespects every honorable soldier who's had our Stars and Stripes draped over their casket as Taps play in the background.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Being fat is not a moral failing for which people should be punished.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Early birds have long basked in the glory of health superiority, sometimes even tinged with a hit of moral righteousness.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Bioprinting, which Putin seemed to reference to Xi, faces ethical and legal concerns, but Russia has ramped up its investment in it.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Natural History Museum, images will undergo an authenticity check during the final round, and submissions will be judged based on originality, narrative, and adherence to ethical practices.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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