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Recent Examples of law-abiding In interviews, Newsom has repeated that the Trump administration is targeting children in elementary school classrooms and law-abiding citizens who have been in California for a decade or more. Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025 That question is of critical importance to tens of millions of law-abiding AR–15 owners throughout the country. Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025 And in doing so, privacy experts warn, the federal government is inevitably scooping up, sorting, combining and storing data about millions of law-abiding Americans. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 4 June 2025 These individuals are tax-paying, law-abiding, essential members of the American workforce. Rachel Blumberg, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for law-abiding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for law-abiding
obedient
Adjective
  • The scale asks whether a respondent tends to prefer children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate.
    Adam Eichen, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
  • Those who tend to favor obedient children are scored as having more authoritarian views.
    Adam Eichen, The Conversation, 11 June 2025

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“Law-abiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/law-abiding. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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