proprieties

plural of propriety
as in etiquette
personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting an etiquette columnist who insists that traditional proprieties are necessary in order to maintain a civil society

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Recent Examples of proprieties Faulkner said the Apartment Association will also help arrange community gatherings with first responders at participating proprieties. Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026 At this point, the proprieties of writing op eds call upon us to offer citations to this effect. Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • While actor Margo Stilley made her name in the notoriously explicit film 9 Songs, Myka Meier is a Pollyannaish etiquette coach.
    Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
  • Typically, it’s considered poor etiquette for wedding guests to wear white/off-white or similar shades to a wedding, to make sure the attention remains on the bride.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • The findings from that autopsy – along with Wells’ cause and manner of death – are not yet available, as the medical examiner’s office is waiting for the results of routine toxicology tests.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • In the few years following the discovery of ‘Oumuamua’s bizarre motion, Farnocchia and his collaborators began noticing that multiple asteroids orbiting close to Earth also accelerated in a cometlike manner.
    Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

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“Proprieties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proprieties. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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