Definition of conscionablenext

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Recent Examples of conscionable 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
  • The group meets monthly and is open to those with honorable, general and other-than-honorable discharges.
    Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026
  • All persons having business before this honorable court are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The work of a moral life, then, is to expand the field of vision.
    Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • For a while, playing Drake’s music felt like taking a moral position.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In neither case, by today's standards, were the operations fair or ethical on a number of fronts.
    Space.com Staff, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • As these tasks fell outside the scope of the employees' official duties, the directive amounted to a violation of ethical standards, the report concluded.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Almost 7% of Tarrant County kindergarteners had a conscientious exemption to at least one vaccine in the 2025-26 school year, up from 3% five years ago, according to state data.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Fretting about the future is a favorite preoccupation of the conscientious.
    Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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