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Recent Examples of ethically
The coalition aims to scale those practices and develop standards for using the technologies ethically and efficiently.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Taylor owns Central Coast Snake Services, a serpent consulting business, directs the Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Laboratory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is part of a network of volunteers who help ethically relocate rattlesnakes into the wild.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Fairtrade is a sustainability label to ensure the product is made ethically and the workers are treated fairly.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2026
Institutional investors, such as German pension funds, saw the company as ethically tainted, and its stock price lagged far behind that of defense firms from other parts of Europe.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
In other words, even when consensual and compensated, ghostwriting has some relatives that are ethically suspect.
—Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Like Decodo, IPRoyal claims to source all residential proxies ethically.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
What’s interesting is that both arguments are not ethically based but practical.
—Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Schillace spoke about experiencing some trial and error related to implementing AI ethically.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Taylor owns Central Coast Snake Services, a serpent consulting business, directs the Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Laboratory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is part of a network of volunteers who help ethically relocate rattlesnakes into the wild.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Fairtrade is a sustainability label to ensure the product is made ethically and the workers are treated fairly.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2026
Institutional investors, such as German pension funds, saw the company as ethically tainted, and its stock price lagged far behind that of defense firms from other parts of Europe.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
In other words, even when consensual and compensated, ghostwriting has some relatives that are ethically suspect.
—Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Like Decodo, IPRoyal claims to source all residential proxies ethically.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
What’s interesting is that both arguments are not ethically based but practical.
—Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Schillace spoke about experiencing some trial and error related to implementing AI ethically.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethically
Adverb
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This is where funding for such morally controversial medical interventions belongs.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Much of the original cast and crew are returning, including Baesel and Angela Goethals as a morally questionable journalist who becomes Leslie’s ultimate final girl.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Though not a direct spin-off, The Pitt inherited ER’s gritty realism, inclusion of real-world social issues, and portrayal of frontline health care workers as heroic, if flawed, people who nobly fight to save their patients amid chaotic circumstances.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 Apr. 2026
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Will studios abandon new work for memeslop or nobly resist a descent into IP-management nothingness?—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And many could lose access to benefits they're legally entitled to, said consumer advocates and health policy researchers, some of them with direct experience working at state agencies.—
Sam Whitehead,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Under state law, CTU also can’t legally organize a one-day strike on May 1, according to the memo.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Ethically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethically. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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