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Recent Examples of right-minded Any right-minded Floridian would be upset, but Mendoza easily found that the group had more than emotion on its side. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025 That’s because most right-minded and empathetic Americans would never oppose that. Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 June 2025 There was a far greater furore around this split-second error, which any right-minded person should recognise had nothing to do with age or experience, than on Aston Villa failing to beat the worst Manchester United side in living memory. Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 No right-minded hospital leader wants to see AI models causing mischief. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 Dom is a Wycombe Wanderers fan, middle class, educated to degree level and a likeable, right-minded fellow. Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 Our last, best chance to do away with this threat to our freedoms and our form of democracy is for every right-minded voter to turn out to their polling place on Nov. 5 and vote blue across the ballot. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024 Eliza is a right-minded progressive who was active in the abolitionist movement in the 1830s. Adam Kirsch, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-minded
Adjective
  • That would be the honest, fair and honorable thing to do.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This reversal deeply disrespects every honorable soldier who's had our Stars and Stripes draped over their casket as Taps play in the background.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In early August, the Daily Caller reported more ethical concerns.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Boone and Crockett Club is a leading voice for ethical, legal, and restrained hunting in North America, and often recalls that managed, legal hunting is responsible for the return of depleted wildlife populations in America a century ago.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But all friends need to be honest with each other, to tell each other home truths when it’s needed, to confront those awkward moments without fear of the reaction.
    Steve Sedgwick, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But when those larger firms start to adopt similar habits—open forums, early interventions, honest check-ins—things change fast.
    Stephan Lendi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Early in the novel, Harold points out that authors are constantly looking for ways to bury their true beliefs in their text, rather than state them outright.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Like many Stephen King stories, the truest horrors are the ones that exist in reality.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Giving Wickham a nice holiday tan would be a bridge too far for the genteel world of Jane Austen.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some decisions are prudent, such as the Las Vegas Raiders to defeat the New England Patriots at a nice underdog price.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The extra point was good but there was a holding penalty on the Rebels.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
  • After 10 tumultuous years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kadri delivered his best campaign with the Colorado Avalanche in 2021-22, posting 89 points in the regular season and finishing by hoisting the Stanley Cup.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Attached to Paxton is a long list of ethical and moral problems.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Carlson pressed him on what moral framework governs those decisions.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Padres might come to regret trading Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, but another trade deadline acquisition, Freddy Fermin, has provided a decent upgrade at a position of glaring weakness.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One is the character of the factory owner, Baek Joo-sang, who has a very dark, hidden side to him, but who is also considered a good boss and decent person by the people around him.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Right-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-minded. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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