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Recent Examples of conscienceSimmons, who was posting on her official X account, said in a statement that her absence is a legal and necessary act of conscience.—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025 But Republicans should question their own members who fail in other areas that require adherence to basic standards of conscience and competence.—Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025 Their uncompromising moral clarity shaped the conscience of the West, later echoed by Christian preachers crusading for abolition, civil rights, and human dignity.—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Young-hee, meanwhile, represents pure moral conscience, which is unwelcome during the intensity of this competitive, fast-developing era.—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conscience
Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.
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Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
At this point in its history, the theory goes, the United States requires a willful and largely unaccountable power to impose changes that leaders with more delicate sensibilities and procedural scruples cannot ever accomplish.
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