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Recent Examples of righteous
Adjective
Arrested and forcibly removed, Colvin was full of righteous defiance. Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Whatever righteous coup June imagined achieving in the past seems unlikely to transpire. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025 Hazel’s reactions include righteous anger and wonder at how people could be so cruel. Justin Porter, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Their righteous scores soon turn dangerous when the pair end up robbing the wrong house to one of the biggest and secretive narcotics operations on the East coast. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for righteous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for righteous
Adjective
  • Court documents show Blankenship has been employed by the city since 2006 following his honorable discharge from the Coast Guard.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • White Painted Woman was a model of heroism and honorable womanhood: When evil monsters were hunting the Apache people, the White Painted Woman gave birth to a son who would destroy the creatures to help make Earth inhabitable for humanity.
    Alejandra Rubio, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And, to be honest, her description of the breakup at that time sounded a lot more amicable than it’s been sounding lately.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But only if leaders have the appetite for that kind of honest data.
    Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of iron.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Incorporating a mudroom into your home is an excellent way to add value to your space.
    Sarah Lyon, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere, an extra treat out of the showcase was this exclusive interview with Bullet Train Explosion director Shinji Higuchi, who talked casting singer-actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and the morality behind the film.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
  • There are great Star Wars projects and terrible Star Wars projects, but even the best ones, like Empire Strikes Back, are framed in relative black-and-white morality, designed to evoke the kid-friendly pulp and adventure stories that George Lucas loved so much as a child.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Given influencer marketing's rise to a multi-billion-dollar industry, integrity is more important now than ever.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite all of that, as the legislature enters the final weeks of its spring session, strengthening the state’s ethical safeguards doesn’t appear to be anywhere near the top of the agenda in Springfield.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
  • His relationship evolved from setting firm boundaries to setting ethical guardrails, offering context, and supporting his autonomy with curiosity and love.
    Rebekah Bastian, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The coat of arms above serves as the door for the ‘most noble, most loyal, most valiant and always loyal’.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But even if Van Hollen’s motivation for going to El Salvador was less than noble, the truth is there are things more important than the political fight of the day.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s the potential to still reach 94 points, which might not quite have the same sheen to it as the 99 points achieved by Liverpool’s last title-winning side in 2019-20 but should still be recognised as a wonderful achievement.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • And Giuseppe Trevisani, wonderful guy, is my favorite excuse of all.
    Domenico Starnone, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Righteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/righteous. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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