decorousness

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Noun
  • The Federation of State Medical Boards has recommended that licensing applications limit questions to current conditions affecting fitness to practice, rather than to historical diagnoses.
    Frances Mei Hardin, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Behind the classic white facade are modern amenities such as the luxurious Aspira Spa, a fitness center, and an on-site culinary school.
    Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Because good ex-etiquette isn’t about pretending the past didn’t happen.
    Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Get the answer to these questions and more plant shopping etiquette from a nursery expert so can shop nurseries with confidence, and save some time and money, too.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The food remains rigorously composed but more attuned to our moment, and the servers, a number of whom have worked for Daniel Boulud for decades, prize warmth as much as decorum.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Graf further noted that safeguards are already in place to protect the integrity of the proceedings, including limits on camera placement, courtroom decorum rules and restrictions on what attorneys can say publicly about the case.
    Adam Sabes , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • But the city says the Historic Preservation Board should still weigh in on the project’s overall design and decide whether to grant the hotel a certificate of appropriateness, based on compatibility with the surrounding area and other criteria.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This week, the 11-member Historic and Design Review Commission unanimously voted to issue a certificate of appropriateness for the second phase, an important requirement the city had to secure before applying for other permits and awarding a construction contract.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Yet our education system, obsessed with correctness, often trains this instinct out of kids.
    Vivienne Ming, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • We all get hung up in political correctness.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kay also challenged the propriety of statements made by the prosecutor during her closing arguments.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Larkin found that Muslim viewers in Kano reinterpreted Bollywood films through an Islamic moral lens, reading their narratives as reinforcing local values of propriety and ethical conduct.
    Gareth Barkin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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