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Adjective
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Mowery recently launched Azure Road, a new culinary, travel, and lifestyle publication for conscientious consumers.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025 -
For each of us, conscientious use of this planet’s resources will need to be a lifelong endeavor.—
Andre Garron,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s a moral sleight of hand in this business — a way of justifying detachment as professionalism.—
Rob Shuter,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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By showing disregard for the international regime governing the seabed, the U.S. provides moral cover for other countries—including adversaries—to do the same.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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But the film’s pulse-pounding excitement is merely a feint to suggest how the rush for vengeance — no matter how justified — only brings about more killing, dragging down honorable intentions and leaving blood on everyone’s hands.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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Milk was forced to resign from the Navy and receive an other than honorable discharge.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
5 June 2025
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Such governance will likely include public data trusts, ethical review boards, and inclusive policy-making processes—all of which emphasize collective rather than individualistic solutions.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Invest in educator training that moves beyond basic tool familiarity to pedagogical integration and ethical considerations.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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My advice is to conduct an honest assessment of your team's capabilities relative to migration requirements.—
AJ Bubb,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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What is your secret to remaining an innovator in your field? To be honest, I get inspired.—
Nigel Smith,
People.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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People typically create rituals with a scrupulous adherence to rules and link them to certain psychological elements.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
26 June 2025
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Yet amid all the scrupulous documentation, one key piece is missing, one specific that would have laid to rest the decades of doubt and speculation that followed Nadja’s publication in 1928: the face and identity of Nadja herself.—
Mark Polizzoti
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Brutes who are unable to control their animalistic passions and who must be brought to heel by cops, soldiers, and the righteous might of the liberal order.—
Steven W. Thrasher
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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If the court rejects the silly idea that a wrong house raid is the product of a public policy judgment call, common sense may prevail in lawsuits against federal law enforcement—righteous police will be protected and rogue police will be accountable.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Love, in these movies, emerges as a virtuous vegetable.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Not to mention the choice of bamboo as the primary structural material: its rapid growth, renewability, and carbon sequestration capabilities endow it with many virtuous properties.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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“Overconscientious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconscientious. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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