dutifulness

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Noun
  • Bison have carried their stories, teachings, and responsibilities for centuries.
    Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • By 2030, the company expects Atlas to take on more complex responsibilities, including repetitive and heavy-load assembly work.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The passage from the ordinary way of the world to the contemplative way of tea symbolizes humility.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Candidates from both parties use breathless prose, artificial deadlines and sometimes a dose of humility to add a sense of urgency to their appeals.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Proxy advisors will continue to play a role, but their influence will no longer be supported by blind deference.
    Shane Goodwin, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • His pretensions—riding around in a grand coach and continuing the weekly levees—as well as his administration’s notorious effort to enforce deference in the 1798 Sedition Act, fell flat.
    Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This patience is watchfulness, not idleness.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Such vigilance has mostly been absent from the current Congress.
    Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile money vigilance means being cautious and concerned about your financial well-being.
    Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • From heightened alertness after your first sip to frequent bathroom trips and an afternoon crash, coffee has a distinct effect on your body and brain.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Both naturally increase alertness without disrupting sleep later.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Ray is the leader of a biker gang and demands utter subservience.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • How does party capture — the subservience of entire systems — factor into this?
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her defensive effort led to a transition 3-pointer for Maddie Scherr that electrified the home crowd for TCU.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Dutifulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutifulness. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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