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Recent Examples of duteous
Lord John and Claire check up on Henry (Harry Jarvis), who is doing very well, thanks to Mercy’s (Gloria Obianyo) duteous care.
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Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
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
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duteous
Adjective
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Americans are accustomed to showing wide deference to senior military leaders, treating them as dutiful public servants rather than possible enablers of presidential lawlessness.
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Mercifully, a dutiful crab and a dim-witted seagull can pick up the slack.
Adjective
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The service Maldivian service at its sunniest—upbeat, amiable and intuitive enough to know when guests want to be spoiled or left alone.
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Rios—amiable, practiced, and forcefully exuberant—took a seat across from me in a bright conference room with ergonomic chairs.
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They’re also designed to be agreeable and can reinforce a user’s beliefs, even if those beliefs are inaccurate.
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Photo shoot shall be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time as determined between Sponsor and the Grand Prize winner.
Adjective
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Second, victims of higher taxes don’t stand still and get sheared like obedient sheep.
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The dogs Kostyukevich saw on Happy K9 Academy’s Instagram page seemed happy and obedient.
Adjective
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That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.
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Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
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On a fickle morning in Miami—the kind where patches of sunshine give way to intervals of torrential rain—Learner Tien has taken shelter deep inside Hard Rock Stadium, the obliging home of the Dolphins, a Formula 1 Grand Prix, and, at the moment, the Miami Open.
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Only a young woman in a scarlet petticoat proves more obliging.
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In April, Hulu began airing the series The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale that depicts teen girls trained to be docile homemakers.
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His humble and docile disposition resembles that of the air sign Libra, which holds moral righteousness and fair-mindedness.
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The submissive Colin finds new confidence and enjoys doing assorted things for Ray, but complications arise when Colin begins to want something more emotional.
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This is a strategy born not of manly strength, but of submissive desperation.
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“Duteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duteous. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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