1
as in services
an act of kind assistance
did me the courtesy of loaning me his jacket
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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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Recent Examples of courtesies
Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.
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Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.
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Simon Akam,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground.
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Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.
—
Simon Akam,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courtesies
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According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
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Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
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Against the home’s cleaner architectural lines, Burle Marx’s individual plantings read as painterly gestures, flashes of form and texture that give the grounds their modernist rhythm.
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An introductory section designed by Studio Adrien Gardère will spotlight the savoir-faire of Le19M’s 11 resident maisons d’art, focusing on the gestures, tools, materials and creative processes that define them.
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Being a World Cup host nation comes with certain privileges, and home-field advantage is certainly the most important of them.
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The ability to pursue scientific discovery, develop new surgical techniques and work alongside brilliant colleagues to save and improve lives is one of the greatest privileges imaginable.
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After first going dark following the incident, Clark has offered plenty of apologies in hopes of getting back in the game’s good graces.
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Post set the gold standard for manners and social behavior for generations of Americans, social graces still valued and taught today.
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Then His unveiled, sweet mercies show Life’s burdens light.
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Money goes in, favors come out.
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Vegas did themselves hardly any favors in the second period, recording just three shots on goal.
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“Courtesies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtesies. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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