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Recent Examples of respectability
The very look and touch and scent of it spelled respectability and had something of the spirit of the universe in it.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
The road back to respectability may take a while.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
In other words, male respectability was gauged by how successfully women’s bodies were regulated.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Superfakes follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The Giants benched Wilson after an 0-3 start and Dart has led New York back to respectability, winning two of the next four games — including a surprising victory over the defending-champion Philadelphia Eagles two weeks ago.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Mark Jerome, who took over the program as executive director three years after the Lorch scandal broke, slowly built Riverside back to respectability between 2005 and 2015.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The effect is to launder panic through respectability—to make propaganda look procedural.
—Alexis Coe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
But these stories are also stories of respectability, imperialism, and the cost of capitalism itself.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
The road back to respectability may take a while.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
In other words, male respectability was gauged by how successfully women’s bodies were regulated.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Superfakes follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The Giants benched Wilson after an 0-3 start and Dart has led New York back to respectability, winning two of the next four games — including a surprising victory over the defending-champion Philadelphia Eagles two weeks ago.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Mark Jerome, who took over the program as executive director three years after the Lorch scandal broke, slowly built Riverside back to respectability between 2005 and 2015.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The effect is to launder panic through respectability—to make propaganda look procedural.
—Alexis Coe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
But these stories are also stories of respectability, imperialism, and the cost of capitalism itself.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectability
Noun
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However, by the time of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, which allowed the Taliban to return to power, the perception of the morality and efficacy of that long war had dwindled in the international community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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To be a genre television spy requires a particular sense of morality and truth, coupled with a self-preservation instinct that means never letting your guard down.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cast adrift in a frosty wilderness—a harrowing yet welcome departure, visually, from the Gothic shadows of Victor’s lair—the Creature experiences a dollop of decency, courtesy of a blind old farmer (a wonderful David Bradley), but also a deluge of misery, courtesy of everyone else.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Now is the time to show up, stand up, speak up for human decency.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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De Saint Sernin’s spring show was inspired by his French nobility roots, specifically his grandmother, who was a countess.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mozzi hails from Italian nobility and is the chief executive of Banda Property.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a sector where sustainability often stops at the label, this model carries the virtue of being both circular and selfless.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Just as personal vices can shape the course of an individual life, so too can national vices influence our collective experience, maybe as much as our virtues—or possibly even more.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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And, in complete fairness, the Dodgers seemed pretty comfortable, as demonstrated by manager Dave Roberts’ failed foot race.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In fairness to Ross, all of his hiring cycles have been painful.—
Omar Kelly
October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Low conscientiousness was another attribute.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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But many traits, including conscientiousness and overall happiness, are heavily influenced by parental actions, writes Brooks.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is no dignity, and no justice, in a system that buries an elderly woman alive in silence.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Every Black person has an uncle who is hard-core about racial justice, and mine was equally hard-core in his disapproval of Sammy’s choice.—
Questlove,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In exchange, the company burnishes its halo of high-mindedness, receives the right to feature famous works on its T-shirts, and gets to stage events in empty galleries or under an iconic glass pyramid, furthering the idea that its interests lie in Life as much as in Wear.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet somehow, in a medium of heavy copper, Fischl captures the lithe, swaying, physical vitality of Ashe, as well as the high-mindedness of the man who was so committed to social causes.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Respectability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectability. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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