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Noun
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Regardless of your intentions, performing extra chores beyond cleaning up after yourself can be perceived as a sign of respect or rudeness.—
Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2025 -
Gone was the discord and rudeness that is often synonymous with the Big Apple.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
25 May 2025
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The three Māori lawmakers declined to appear before the committee during its investigation, citing disrespect for their cultural traditions.—
Julia Zhong,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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Kelce saw some disrespect in those rankings, coming in at No. 7 on the list.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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Beyond that, the show is mostly content to amble along, loping toward the green and from time to time indulging in odd bits of nonsense.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Yet Towns has proven, one moment at a time, that reputation, that narrative is a bunch of nonsense.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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And North also has a rejoinder for this year’s face-off.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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At the Fox upfronts on Monday, May 12, the former New England Patriots tight end had an unexpected rejoinder after a fellow presenter on stage joked about Rupert Murdoch’s first upfront.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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The attack showed how much audacity, ingenuity, and effectiveness the Ukrainians can bring to their own defense when Western leaders aren’t pressuring them to hold back.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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The Timberwolves, fresh off a run to the Western Conference Finals last season, had the audacity to move off their second-best player to acquire Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo (and a future first round pick).—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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What sets even Milosz’s early poems of exile and displacement apart is his talent for burying an appalled stringency beneath sentimental guff.—
William Logan,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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But Pagano also wouldn’t put up with any guff.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2025
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The play found its voice through the Broadway developmental process, and Metcalf’s imprint is unmistakable in the rhythms of Nora’s whirligig monologues and bracing retorts.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Wait a second, the retort goes, the old-time adage is that to the victor go the spoils.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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