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Recent Examples of respectability
Besides, the involvement of lawyers, with their downtown office suites, perfumed the whole arrangement with an aroma of respectability.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
But not long after achieving mainstream respectability, Kelly’s career unraveled abruptly.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Shying away from criticizing government officials is ultimately just country’s spin on respectability politics.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 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
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
Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
But not long after achieving mainstream respectability, Kelly’s career unraveled abruptly.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Shying away from criticizing government officials is ultimately just country’s spin on respectability politics.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectability
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Over the course of 10 years of activism, Maryam Shojaei has been arrested by Iran’s morality police, helped change FIFA policy, and watched her brother, Masoud, captain Iran’s national team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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Days ago, Vice President JD Vance urged the pope to stick to matters of morality.—
Charlie De Mar,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Honesty, honor, humility, truth, compassion, humanity, thoughtfulness, morality, true strength and decency.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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But the former controller, despite her air of competence and decency, hasn’t been able to attract support above the low single digits.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
14 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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All virtues rely on some set of conditions for their relevance.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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This is non-serious lawmaking — a transparent virtue-signal rather than an effort at problem-solving.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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Despite how difficult sitting through the case was, the jurors commended Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez for her fairness — and lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin for fighting so hard for Quatisha.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Roberts said that, in fairness to the department, any database as large as the one handled by the Department of Revenue can create problems.—
Ben Wheeler
April 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 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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This reflects conscientiousness, or the tendency to plan, organize and execute systematically versus improvising and adapting in real time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the performance, Vogue caught up with V, Fonda, and Penn to discuss their ongoing fight for climate justice and how anyone can stop doomscrolling and join the movement.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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Detectives stress that one small clue could crack the case and get justice for Black's family.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Respectability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectability. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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