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Recent Examples of incorrupt
In Catholicism, a body that resists normal decay is considered incorrupt.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
Despite the dangers of disrespecting the power of an incorrupt corpse, such objects have always been the focus of doubt.
—Katherine Harvey, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
Despite the dangers of disrespecting the power of an incorrupt corpse, such objects have always been the focus of doubt.
—Katherine Harvey, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorrupt
Adjective
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Yet for young Bangladeshis today, Jamaat represents the incorruptible while India is the mortal enemy.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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Gold First, gold, typically given to kings, not only recognized Jesus' kingship, but also highlighted his incorruptible purity.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Wrigley is not entirely blameless.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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Stefanski certainly isn’t blameless.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Each of them offers money and position but nothing much in the way of pleasure, excitement, intellectual stimulation, or the prospect of anything other than a life of loveless, socially irreproachable tedium possibly brightened by the occasional extramarital affair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Beneath their air of irreproachable authority, Jung and Freud — both brilliantly played, the first with subtlety, the other with theatrical relish — wrestle with petty grievances and insecurities, while the former stubbornly rationalizes his affair with onetime patient Spielrein.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The wines were meticulously stored over the past two decades, meaning cases and bottles are immaculate.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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The architecture was immaculate; the coordination, however, was rarely so.—
Malana VanTyler,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The way Europe thinks about clean energy has shifted, Morgan said.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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But many trucking companies still struggle to find enough well-qualified drivers with clean records.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The virtuous life isn’t easy – but true friends can help.—
Tucker J. Gregor,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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What, Glaucon wondered, would cause a person who had this ring to be just and virtuous?—
Paul Rosenzweig,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As if the wide-eyed innocent who arrived here has been hardened.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And how many guiltless prisoners there are here!—
Alexei Navalny,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
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Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
21 June 2023
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“Incorrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incorrupt. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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