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Noun
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We should be united about what’s at stake, compromise in deference to the facts, and work together to build what America needs.—
John Ketchum,
Fortune,
24 June 2025 -
Even as Marine Corps recruiters promote enlistment as protection for families lacking legal status, directives for strict immigrant enforcement have cast away practices of deference previously afforded to military families, immigration law experts say.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
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The 80-year-old Parker, who’d been fielding calls from many of his former Terrier players since getting the call, accepted the honor with humility and his trademark humor.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2025
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Her lyrical density calls to mind the music of Gracie Abrams, another daughter of a director, who has tried with earnest humility to set her work apart.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2025
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The lace veils are another old tradition within the Catholic church and worn to symbolize modesty and respect.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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Febos appreciates the laughable modesty of her goal.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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“Respectfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectfulness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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