as in nobility
high position within society
the archbishop is very conscious of his dignity
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Recent Examples of dignity
Mamdani’s agenda—rent freezes, universal childcare, free public transit—echoes the frustrations of a city where affordability and dignity have become luxuries.
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Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
From disasters to everyday hardships, Delivering Good helps to restore comfort, renew hope and help families move forward with dignity.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
For many people, they are linked – parts of the same fight for dignity and freedom.
—Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
But there was another reason, rooted in representation and dignity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
From disasters to everyday hardships, Delivering Good helps to restore comfort, renew hope and help families move forward with dignity.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
For many people, they are linked – parts of the same fight for dignity and freedom.
—Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
But there was another reason, rooted in representation and dignity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dignity
Noun
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The Garfield of the book is, so far anyway, the Garfield of the show, carrying a humility and nobility that’s frankly disconcerting coming from Michael Shannon, who’s usually cast as more wayward types.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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De Saint Sernin’s spring show was inspired by his French nobility roots, specifically his grandmother, who was a countess.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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While 96% of CEOs view innovation as central to sustainability, only one in four rank it among their top strategic priorities.—
Sanda Ojiambo,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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In 2024, she was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general in the Maryland Army National Guard in recognition of the raid.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Roughly 7,100 people were employed by those 25 companies, or about 2% of the state's SNAP recipients in 2020.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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The area increased to 80% by 2018, according to state media, after numerous buildings and city walls were restored, and 135 temporary structures inside the compound were torn down.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Before the end of World War II, imperial highnesses were in abundant supply.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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The former royal highness will be too busy leading the Resistance, alongside Jonathan and his ragamuffin group of bandits, to fight off all of the Queen’s men.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Dignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignity. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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