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Recent Examples of respectability
Cortina was less a pure nostalgia play than an assertion of autonomy, a statement that women in their 40s can still choose danger and ambition over quiet respectability.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
That year, Brown brought the Tar Heels back to respectability, and Drake ended up flipping and committing to North Carolina.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Previously, the ninety-six-year-old German had mapped out his country’s road back to respectability after 1945.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Then, as Vrabel worked from his opening press conference, taking the Patriots by the hand through the early stages of a rebuild and the first few weeks of the regular season, a funny thing happened on the road back to respectability.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Earning respect Coach and son, a 5-foot-10 guard, have led the Eagles back to respectability.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
And Hefner was expansive, social, forthright—a national institution—not to mention a very likable guy, and as close to middle-class respectability as a person who wore pajamas instead of clothes and regularly participated in orgies could be.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
So, irrespective of recent improvements, January clearly needs to be used as stage one of a wider rebuild to help the club salvage a modicum of respectability and, more importantly, challenge to return from the Championship next season.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Keith Van Horn Van Horn played a key role in pushing the Nets toward respectability in the early 2000s, giving them a versatile forward who could score from all three levels and carry stretches of the offense.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
That year, Brown brought the Tar Heels back to respectability, and Drake ended up flipping and committing to North Carolina.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Previously, the ninety-six-year-old German had mapped out his country’s road back to respectability after 1945.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Then, as Vrabel worked from his opening press conference, taking the Patriots by the hand through the early stages of a rebuild and the first few weeks of the regular season, a funny thing happened on the road back to respectability.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Earning respect Coach and son, a 5-foot-10 guard, have led the Eagles back to respectability.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
And Hefner was expansive, social, forthright—a national institution—not to mention a very likable guy, and as close to middle-class respectability as a person who wore pajamas instead of clothes and regularly participated in orgies could be.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
So, irrespective of recent improvements, January clearly needs to be used as stage one of a wider rebuild to help the club salvage a modicum of respectability and, more importantly, challenge to return from the Championship next season.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Keith Van Horn Van Horn played a key role in pushing the Nets toward respectability in the early 2000s, giving them a versatile forward who could score from all three levels and carry stretches of the offense.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectability
Noun
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Amanda Askell's job is to try to teach Claude a sense of morality, or how to be good.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The philosopher Aristotle wrote tomes on morality and human behavior.—
Tara Sonenshine,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In a healthier political culture, his temperament and lack of decency would be disqualifying issues.—
Ray Nothstine,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny brought on Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, seamlessly, without stopping to genuflect, the mood moving from sweaty to open-hearted, then finally, with Bad Bunny dancing off the field, singing into the camera, a furious insistence on decency itself.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sophie is wearing the dress of nobility.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Other camellia species were noted and grown for their flowers gracing gardens of temples and nobility.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The debate occurred during Socrates’s inquiry into human virtue, recounted in Plato’s Republic.—
Paul Rosenzweig,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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Casting all the virtue and vice signaling on the political spectrum aside with his straightforward embrace of America, Bunny then gave viewers a geography lesson by listing the countries that make up the Americas.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many players would be, in fairness.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Sending a message about equality and fairness and freedom is a Dodgers tradition.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While critics say these changes are merely cosmetic, many ordinary Bangladeshis have been sold on the veneer of incorruptibility that comes from a theological under-pinning.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Low-conscientiousness individuals (flexible thinkers) excel in fluid, unpredictable environments where plans become obsolete quickly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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And from an intangible standpoint, the team loves his diligence and conscientiousness.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Earlier in the day, the victim's mother addressed the judge and asked for justice.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Sather said the vigil was planned by the New Hope Peaceful Synergy Group, which was formed shortly before New Hope opened and aims to achieve balance between people’s work for justice and their personal and spiritual lives.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Respectability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectability. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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