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Adjective
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More than 30 years ago, Greider, a conscientious journalist with a keen eye for detail, exposed how the American political system had been bent toward wealthy interests who could afford to hire lobbyists.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025 -
Given the atmosphere, the dazzling quality of the food and the conscientious service, this should be a very successful restaurant for a long time.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But turning lethal combat into a competition creates moral challenges on an entirely new scale, and solving them does not seem high on Ukraine’s present list of priorities.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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The fact that rights-defenders and their admirers understood the dissident movement as reviving the moral and intellectual habits of the Old Regime intelligentsia tells us much about the latter’s enduring appeal.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Mason is an honorable man who has fallen on hard times and is desperately trying to keep from losing the family ranch.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
22 Sep. 2025
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Just a remarkable honorable man that was silenced by this assassin's bullet.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Despite the lack of clear evidence and ethical concerns about bringing a case without clear probable cause, Halligan sought an indictment from the grand jury, sources said.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Expected on October 15 is an internal policy at MUBI, to be shared publicly, on guidelines to ethical investments.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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And one Group of 5 staffer was especially honest, politely declining to partake in the survey.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Jones has been accurate and efficient, and Jonathan Taylor continues to be a workhorse in the backfield, breaking through tackles and keeping defenses honest.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Mazower, a scrupulous historian, disagrees.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Sweet Dove Died is a scrupulous novel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Taylor owns the first third of the film with a righteous fury that only betrays an inner vulnerability at the most crucial moments.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The pressure Alex, who is endowed by Martin with endearing softness and paralyzing self-doubt, feels to be a brave cop, a strong father, and the righteous hero of this story can’t be separated from his experience as a trans man still honing his relationship to masculinity.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Since then, what counts as a good (virtuous) choice versus a bad (unvirtuous) one has become less and less clearly defined.—
Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Overconscientious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconscientious. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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