reputability

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Noun
  • Previously, the ninety-six-year-old German had mapped out his country’s road back to respectability after 1945.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Then, as Vrabel worked from his opening press conference, taking the Patriots by the hand through the early stages of a rebuild and the first few weeks of the regular season, a funny thing happened on the road back to respectability.
    Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Next, when merit is unearned, inclusion advocates can balance considerations of merit and fairness.
    Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Now, the City Council has passed the GUARD Act, creating an Office of Algorithmic Data Accountability to oversee fairness and transparency in city agencies’ AI tools.
    AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For example, individuals high in conscientiousness are more likely to practice systematically and follow feedback, which accelerates the development of technical, academic, or professional skills.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • And from an intangible standpoint, the team loves his diligence and conscientiousness.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was killed in custody after being arrested by the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab.
    Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
  • During the 2022-23 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, sparked by the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, Pahlavi called for rallies against the Iranian government in the United States, Canada and other countries.
    Eric Lob, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While critics say these changes are merely cosmetic, many ordinary Bangladeshis have been sold on the veneer of incorruptibility that comes from a theological under-pinning.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Maybe Albro would raise concerns that the police weren’t doing enough to protect young women’s virtues, or Matthews would criticize the lack of a similar dragnet to find the killer of Mary Tate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The author’s work makes an excellent case that literature can explore virtue—even if his latest novel reveals its pitfalls.
    Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Other camellia species were noted and grown for their flowers gracing gardens of temples and nobility.
    Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The encounter amounts to a philosophical definition of nobility as something that owes nothing to titles or traditions.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In recent weeks, Trump has again revealed himself to be a stain on basic decency and humanity, demonstrating a depraved indifference to suffering and a laser-like focus on gold and glory.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Reputability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputability. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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