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Noun
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The offensive habit of answering a cell phone or text message in mid-conversation, during an appointment, during meals, during meetings or classes is yet another timely example of incivility.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Nearly three-quarters of executives admit that return-to-office mandates are sparking internal conflict and could even lead to workplace incivility.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Recalls are typically classified by severity, and while not all involve immediate danger, they are carried out as a precaution to protect public health.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Class 2 obesity: This ranges from 35-39.9, with a moderate risk of severity.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 May 2025
Noun
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But research shows that confrontation and rudeness are NOT actually what makes these styles of leadership work.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Responding to rudeness with equal aggression often escalates the situation.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, restrictions on vacant CPS property sales are part of a broader problem, and that’s education officials’ open hostility toward alternative education models.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Then a decade of talks crashed into President Trump’s hostility toward Canada.—
Karen Weise,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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The city councilor and over two dozen residents responded to Eureka Street after the presence of federal agents in the neighborhood sparked anger Thursday morning.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Meanwhile, reports that the Trump administration will announce a U.S. renaming of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf would be enthusiastically welcomed by Arab states, but could draw severe anger from Iran at a time of delicate nuclear negotiations with Tehran.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
Noun
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China’s rapidly increasing demand for emissions-free nuclear power and Russia’s historical relationship with Astana in the nuclear sector put them both in an advantageous position to pursue further involvement in spite of Kazakhstan’s purposeful pivot to the West.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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In spite of decades of funding increases and words of support from the Oval Office, Head Start has rarely—if ever—been sufficiently funded.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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“Sourness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sourness. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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