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Recent Examples of respectability
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.
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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
Their owners get respectability.
—Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
That was about respectability and good character and pedigree, high culture and social belonging.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
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
Their owners get respectability.
—Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
That was about respectability and good character and pedigree, high culture and social belonging.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectability
Noun
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Spare us the lesson in morality on peace if your goal is escalation.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Shakur being remembered as a pillar of morality, beauty, and justice that was still, at the end of the day, human with her own emotions, and beauty routines, makes her impact everlastingly powerful.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.—
Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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Norvell was poached from Nevada to bring normalcy, decency, an exciting offense and success, not necessarily in that order.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the series, Marie, an ambitious young woman of minor nobility, learns that her lung disease is terminal.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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The film focuses on the power grabbing tête-à-tête between both Sarah and Abigail, with the latter even marrying a colonel in order to regain her nobility.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Growing longer, healthier hair takes a lot of patience—a virtue that clashes with social media’s instant gratification itch.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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In his mind, the army was not a caste apart but an instrument of the republic – an arena in which self-command and civic virtue were tested.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Regardless of gender, wealth, or background, prenups offer empowerment, fairness, and peace of mind, allowing couples to focus on love and building their future together.—
Julia Rodgers,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bedtime conversations, small disagreements at the dinner table, or how respect is shown within the family all provide practice in empathy and fairness.—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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People can deliberately cultivate more conscientiousness, boost their sociability or soften their neurotic edges.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Have questions about the justice system?—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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