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Recent Examples of rectitude Sheridan's Jamie has a quiet courage and sense of moral rectitude, which contrasts with Terry's more erratic approach to police work. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024 To establish internal discipline and moral rectitude, Yassin set up the Majd and selected Yahya Sinwar to help lead it. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024 And this has long presented a puzzle: How can people who prize moral rectitude and personal witness to Jesus so faithfully support the most secular president in American history, someone who seems by his behavior at best indifferent to Christianity? Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 Doing more damage in the name of fiscal rectitude will derail Labour’s positive agenda and, with it, possibly the party itself. Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rectitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectitude
Noun
  • The White Lotus was, as always, teeming with social commentary about the morality of the very wealthy.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 May 2025
  • Trump administration officials have been defiant by turning up the dial on deportation critics through social media channels and press conferences and slamming Democrats who question the legality and morality of some deportation moves.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
  • But one expert said that the structural integrity of buildings, roads, bridges and dams can be profoundly impacted when land shifts downward.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • And as someone who is trying to make an NFL roster or practice squad, that’s an immense virtue.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2025
  • The president recognized a perfect nominee for the times: a brilliant jurist who represented the best of American virtues and exhibited no vices or controversial positions on judicial issues (as had Bork three years earlier).
    Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Pet names can be love, but love without honesty is just sugar without substance.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Vasquez also stressed the importance of public trust, transparency and honesty in rebuilding city departments’ credibility.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Good energy comes around, and putting goodness into their community is a way of looking out for your partner, too.
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
  • But long gone are the days when Republicans and Democrats alike could rally behind one singular figure and beacon of goodness like Mister Rogers.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • With six goals and five assists, Dreyer is tied for MLS honors in goals plus assists.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025
  • Even lending Bush’s name to a building full of crap was too high an honor for that president.
    Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025

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“Rectitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectitude. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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