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Recent Examples of duteous
The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years.
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John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duteous
Adjective
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Yet everything remains the same for Delia, whose romantic fantasies have given way to an embrace of her roles as dutiful wife and loving mother despite the sneering condescension and outright physical abuse at the hands of her strutting petty tyrant husband Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2025
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Rubens, the amiable, apparently unconcerned father played by Selton Mello, is an engineer.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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With his Midwestern charm, fondness for diner coffee and pie, and a daily routine steeped in simplicity, Lynch seemed more like an amiable neighbor than the mastermind behind some of cinema’s profoundest nightmare fuel.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Sport has become a useful wedge issue in the political space because the initial premise that people are presented with seems so agreeable: ‘Men should not compete in women’s sports’.—
Katie Whyatt,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Hosts may need to interject to keep conversations agreeable.—
Marni Jameson,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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His fans gave him an obliging laugh; a father and son sitting beside me snickered loudly enough to be captured on camera.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Some aspects of the regulations, such as obliging stablecoin issuers to maintain fiat reserves, have been broadly welcomed.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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One day, Tip, who had otherwise seemed docile and calm, lashed out and attempted to stomp his keeper to death.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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As Mark mentioned in the video, elf owls are not naturally aggressive and are considered docile.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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All delve into the complexities of dominant/submissive relationships where individuals explore and negotiate power dynamics in a consensual and safe manner.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, the author Addison Cain filed a takedown notice against the author Zoey Ellis, accusing her of ripping off Cain’s lupine society of aggressive Alphas and submissive Omegas.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Duteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duteous. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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