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Recent Examples of respectability
But not long after achieving mainstream respectability, Kelly’s career suffered a sharp blow.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Superfakes is about a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
There must be another sharp hockey mind out there capable of getting this team back to respectability, as Shanahan did, and then onto something much greater.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The movie itself is equally unconcerned with respectability politics.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Pacers Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder couldn't bowl West Indies to victory after batting their side to respectability.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Cortina was less a pure nostalgia play than an assertion of autonomy, a statement that women in their 40s can still choose danger and ambition over quiet respectability.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
That year, Brown brought the Tar Heels back to respectability, and Drake ended up flipping and committing to North Carolina.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
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
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Superfakes is about a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
There must be another sharp hockey mind out there capable of getting this team back to respectability, as Shanahan did, and then onto something much greater.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The movie itself is equally unconcerned with respectability politics.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Pacers Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder couldn't bowl West Indies to victory after batting their side to respectability.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Cortina was less a pure nostalgia play than an assertion of autonomy, a statement that women in their 40s can still choose danger and ambition over quiet respectability.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
That year, Brown brought the Tar Heels back to respectability, and Drake ended up flipping and committing to North Carolina.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectability
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One of those humanists says Holland’s belief that Western morality is based on Christianity is not only wrong but also dangerous.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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De La Rosa argues that removing morality and judgment from money decisions allows people to make clearer, healthier choices.—
Joshua Sidorowicz,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Their actions are a gut punch to American values and human decency.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps because of Chicago’s many diverse neighborhoods, or its blue-collar history, or its frigid winters, the city epitomizes the values of hard work, kindness toward others, humility, and basic common-sense and decency.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Lagerbielke — or more accurately, the 11th Baron Lagerbielke — is a member of the Swedish nobility and lies 254th in line to the country’s throne.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.—
Pamela Chelin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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These songs may remind you of the comfortable virtues of another country craftsman, his mentor, Luke Combs.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, feminists have never quite known what to do with women like Schlafly or Waters, or, for that matter, with Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, other than calling them hypocrites for having big careers while singing the virtues of staying home.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The vibrant Sun in your 5th House of Artistry squares merry Jupiter in your 8th House of Trust, raising questions about fairness in money and sharing.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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Building a reputation for trustworthiness and fairness through transparent actions and accountability also helps reinforce one’s incorruptibility.—
Nancy Pulciano,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2026
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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
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Thank goodness Anthropic has the courage and foresight to raise the issue and hold its ground — without its pushback, these capabilities would have been handed to the government with barely a ripple in our conscientiousness and virtually no oversight.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Low-conscientiousness individuals (flexible thinkers) excel in fluid, unpredictable environments where plans become obsolete quickly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The measure advances Howard County Executive Calvin Ball's Interfaith Action Plan, which analyzed 12 areas in an effort to ensure that all religious communities receive compassion, justice and care.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The court’s two Democratic justices dissented, along with Republican Associate Justice Richard Dietz.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Respectability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectability. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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