dutifulness

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Noun
  • In many cases, cars add stress, expense, and responsibility without many upsides for college students, especially those attending urban colleges and universities with readily accessible public transit.
    Chris Teague, AJC.com, 3 July 2026
  • Chuck Norris Throughout his life, Chuck Norris was associated with messages celebrating patriotism, faith and civic responsibility.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Those experiences appear to have reinforced the importance of humility inside the squad, even as outside expectations continue to grow.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Pls take manhood seriously, approach it with care, responsibility, character, dignity, humility and make room for laughter.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Censori has the punctiliousness of a Capricorn—her birthday is January 5—but her moon speaks to her artistic, sensitive side.
    Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Your Chinese colleague speaks softly in a meeting; is that cultural deference or introversion?
    Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Japan’s players, initially reverential to the point of deference in Zico’s presence, came out of their shells.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
    Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
  • Hong Kong icon Tony Leung has channeled brooding urban energy for the masterpieces of Wong Kar-Wai, balancing the debonair ennui of Marcello Mastroianni with the quiet watchfulness of Montgomery Clift.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Though the national independence be blurred by the servility of individuals, though freedom and equality have been proclaimed only to leave room for a monstrous display of slave-dealing and slave-keeping .
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Constant vigilance and education around water safety is essential.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • When people understand the stakes and see peers celebrated for vigilance, the habit forms itself.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Carlson-Wee introduces himself to Wood with the sweet docility of a young boy meeting his hero.
    Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The same goes for docility, often characterized as a near neighbor of meekness.
    Timothy J. Pawl, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Dutifulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutifulness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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