high-mindedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-mindedness
Noun
  • Approval from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, much like the morality police, requires artists to master abstraction, ensuring their work remains powerful yet permissible.
    Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
  • An anti-Disney morality tale seeks modern morality.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As the Times reports, the first stars Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain, a knight who faces off with Germanic Saxons invading from mainland Europe and disloyal English nobility—including his father.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
  • For 300 years Bordeaux winemakers were able to send their wines to England absolutely tax free and develop a strong popularity with British royalty and nobility.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Rather, the influencers who extol offal’s virtues seem to do so on the basis of its nutrient density.
    Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Modern business culture is in a constant state of evolution, and what was once seen as a virtue can sometimes be misinterpreted as a vice.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That was probably a terrible decision, in fairness, but Meazza responded by faking a shot to fool a defender, then teed up Piola to score.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • When on the other hand his co-pilot has fallen short, as was the case last season (and in fairness, likely due at least in part to injury), with a line of 20.6 points, 5.6 assists and 4.3 boards on a meager 47.4% TS%, the Nuggets have fallen short, in that case leading to a second-round exit.
    Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In an era when political discourse so often descends into outrage and division — on cable news, in Congress, even in school board races — the quiet decency shown in Skokie feels all the more remarkable.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
  • This is a different kind of World War II love story, about a hidden jewel and the power of radio waves and the mysterious ways in which human decency can survive even the cruelest circumstances.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For example, assessing candidates' general mental ability (e.g., critical thinking, problem-solving and conscientiousness) is up to 62% effective at predicting employment success.
    Trevor Higgs, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • While the dogs' own personalities had little impact on their stress levels, certain human traits—like neuroticism, conscientiousness and openness—were significant factors in how much stress the dog exhibited.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If the justices uphold lower court rulings that the task force is unconstitutional, its recommendations since 2010 could be invalidated -- and along with them the guarantee of no-cost preventive services coverage many people enjoy.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is warning that the high court is moving too quickly on politically fraught cases, raising concerns in a dissent that the justices are short-circuiting proper judicial review over expediency.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
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“High-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-mindedness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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