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Recent Examples of discretion All communications require strict verification and will be handled with discretion. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Whether a nominator is identified and which nominator is identified, if there are multiple nominations for one individual, is in the sole discretion of CNN. CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025 Unless overturned, the ruling leaves those orders in effect and reinforces the broad discretion presidents have over national energy policy. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 With barbering, a criminal conviction doesn’t automatically exclude formerly incarcerated people from getting licensed, but the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology has discretion. Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for discretion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discretion
Noun
  • Additionally, a boom-and-bust cycle in the early 2000s informs some of the company’s prudence on expansion.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Taiwan’s military should exercise prudence in its rules of engagement and not assume that every close call is intentional.
    JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Shop early to secure your Christmas tree for less, and keep scrolling to see more on-sale options at Amazon starting at $33.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike the plush option that just comes with down clusters, the mid-plush and firm densities are down cluster and feather pillows.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ship brings history and perhaps some English restraint to the world’s cruise capital.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • D’Angelo understood the ways in which restraint can be infinitely more haunting—and more alluring—than aggression.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Screenwriter-director Kevin Smith’s low-key musings and loopy wisdom are nicely wrapped with an unaffected sweetness.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Now, with the perspective of 10 more years, Rhimes revisits that journey with deeper honesty, humor and wisdom.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vernengo said the reclassification of drug dealers as terrorists has led many in the region to assume that there is a push for a possible invasion of Venezuela, whose neighbors have no choice but to have a relationship with the United States.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • With fewer families able to afford lessons and operating costs on the rise, Jackson has had to make difficult choices just to keep his doors open.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • How has intersecting those two disciplines (acting and music) been like when creating the album’s concept?
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond Film serves as a community hub for attendees, offering artist discussions, conversations with filmmakers and experts from various disciplines, and opportunities for audience engagement.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Both of those rankings praised the city for offering a sense of community, mountain scenery and a bustling arts scene.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There was a sense of Diana and Charles arriving at Westminster Abbey in separate coaches on the day of the coronation.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our egos and self-interests and preferences and quirks – these are very difficult to blend in a cohesive fashion.
    Nick Tzitzon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Each morning, butlers set up our cabana and coolers, remembering our drink and snack preferences.
    Essence, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Discretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discretion. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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