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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulousness
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In a Code world, no film should risk lowering an audience’s moral standards nor should evil or immorality be presented except as a cautionary tale.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025 -
Omari’s father, Hassan (J. Paul Nicholas), is the conservative Muslim governor of Mombasa, fond of attacking the immorality in nightclubs like the Moto Moto, where most of Goddess is set, though he’s withdrawn from his reelection campaign after an illness.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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The law aims to curb corruption and undue influence in federal campaigns.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The mayor has denied the allegations in the past, even after several DOJ officials resigned following the Trump administration’s move to drop the corruption charges.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
28 June 2025
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Succession managed to capture the depravity, hilarity, and emptiness of modern politics, media, and moguldom existing parallel to the perpetual real-life crises of its run from 2018 to 2023.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Physical tiles representing tragedy and human depravity.—
Victoria Bousis,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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More irksome is the vein of hypocrisy running through this ‘standard setting’ messaging from Sox leadership.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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The craven hypocrisy of all this no longer registers for the right.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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In all these cases, the brothel is not a place of debauchery, as some might see it.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Sinclair says the rum note in it came about after plenty of experimentation—and alludes to the debauchery of a long night after-hours—while the cherry that forms the heart of the perfume (derived from pure cherry extract) is another gourmand note with sultry connotations.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
16 May 2025
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But the answer to bureaucratic inefficiency is not secrecy and self-regulation.—
Marcus Friedman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Their nuptials have been the subject of speculation and intense secrecy ever since.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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These smoky, dark dens of gaming iniquity used to be everywhere, enticing you in with flashing marquees, simple synth melodies, and crunchy 8-bit explosions.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
26 June 2025
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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Unscrupulousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrupulousness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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