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Recent Examples of respectability
But these stories are also stories of respectability, imperialism, and the cost of capitalism itself.
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Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
As for this season, can Jordi Fernández have this team overachieve its way to quasi-respectability again?
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The crime drama follows 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.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Shaheen Afridi hit four sixes in his unbeaten 33 to lend some respectability to Pakistan's total.
—Amlan Chakraborty, Reuters, 14 Sep. 2025
This sort of rhetoric only adds to the hysterical nature of contemporary politics, giving respectability to uncivilized behavior.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
From excellence and respectability to rage and raunch to the abstract and avant-garde.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
The most logical position from which the Saints might launch a return to respectability is offensive tackle.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
His book actually shows an outlandish idea metastasizing more slowly than that, gaining credibility and respectability over a period of a decade or more.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
As for this season, can Jordi Fernández have this team overachieve its way to quasi-respectability again?
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The crime drama follows 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.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Shaheen Afridi hit four sixes in his unbeaten 33 to lend some respectability to Pakistan's total.
—Amlan Chakraborty, Reuters, 14 Sep. 2025
This sort of rhetoric only adds to the hysterical nature of contemporary politics, giving respectability to uncivilized behavior.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
From excellence and respectability to rage and raunch to the abstract and avant-garde.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
The most logical position from which the Saints might launch a return to respectability is offensive tackle.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
His book actually shows an outlandish idea metastasizing more slowly than that, gaining credibility and respectability over a period of a decade or more.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectability
Noun
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When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins, and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Charles’s decency, his commitment to solving problems of care, his stranger’s gift for reimagining family both soothed and inspired.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 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
Noun
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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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The same goes for the name and title of nobility, neither of which are really his.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Listening of this kind is a demanding civic art and civic virtue.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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That came by virtue of a career day from running back Rico Dowdle — who is facing his old team Sunday — and a defense that looked simply like a different team in the second half.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Missouri values fairness and integrity, and this process reflects that.—
Savannah Hawley-Bates,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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This moment calls for creative policy solutions that treat income loss not as an inevitability, but as a challenge that can be met with fairness and foresight.—
Erin Hogeboom,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 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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But the glacial pace of the Child Victims Act cases has forced Walker, Holmes, and the other plaintiffs to wait years for possible justice.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lauren's history with the criminal justice system has been scrutinized in the days since Zettel's killing, with friends and others calling her death preventable.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2025.
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