1
as in services
an act of kind assistance
did me the courtesy of loaning me his jacket
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2
as in gestures
an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners
the greeting "How are you?" is often intended as no more than a courtesy
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Noun
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Mirza said the mobile bus has visited in the past, but that the permanent presence of dental care services is an exciting addition to UHI.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Once it's installed, Stealerium is designed to steal a wide variety of data and send it to the hacker via services like Telegram, Discord, or the SMTP protocol in some variants of the spyware, all of which is relatively standard in infostealers.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Revord does the audio themself, and worked with a dialect coach to perfect British accents and learn how to act without facial expressions or gestures.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Nicolás Maduro gestures while speaking after results were released following municipal elections in Caracas, Venezuela, in the early morning of July 28, 2025.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Stay at a vacation rental, the Marsh Harbour Inn, or The Inn at Bald Head Island, which includes club privileges.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Standing privileges let support teams respond fast.—
Jagadeesh Kunda,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The event itself is as chaotic as ever, with business strategist Ken (Tim Key) working overtime to get back into his boss, Marv Putnam's (Allan Havey) good graces, and Esmeralda going to great lengths to steal back the spotlight.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Star playwright William Shakespeare saw a golden opportunity to get into the king’s good graces and wrote a play with witches as a main plot driver.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Defense kept Charlotte competitive Charlotte did itself no favors to open the game, allowing North Carolina to score the game’s first points in just three plays, with North Carolina quarterback Gio Lopez finding wideout Chris Culliver for a 51-yard strike down the visitor’s sideline.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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Peppers was stripped of his status as captain after being arrested last season, and the new coaching staff owes him no favors.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Courtesies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtesies. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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