as in dutiful
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Recent Examples of duteous
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
John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duteous
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Popular pop and country songs blaring over the sound system were punctuated by an Italian opera aria, and finally the warm-up speakers, all local politicians, made their dutiful speeches.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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David, high strung and dutiful, is leading the life of a responsible adult.TIME, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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Medium height and fit, with a brisk, amiable manner, Justin regales and horrifies us in equal measure.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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There’s a nice thread of That Christmas that eventually focuses on a budding friendship between Danny and his neighbor and teacher Ms. Trapper (Fiona Shaw), a cantankerous woman who makes the Grinch seem amiable.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
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This emphasis on niceness can create the impression that simply being agreeable and avoiding conflict is sufficient for cultivating meaningful connections.Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Few could have predicted, and even fewer knew quite what to make of, the overwhelmingly agreeable tone between the two debaters, which the show heightens into a sensual sort of bro-ing out.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Of course, anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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But on this day’s errand, in the New Pioneer produce aisle, Greenwell could be mistaken for someone a little more quotidian: an obliging, slightly flustered midwestern husband.Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Driver and Adelaide Clemens (as Essie) in Hold On to Me Darling Photo: Julieta Cervantes Buzzing around McCrane’s many affairs, both personal and professional, is his pathologically obliging and ever-present assistant, Jimmy.Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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Humans still seem pretty empowered in this future, where robots are advanced enough to do everything — including developing complex emotions — but have remained a docile servant class.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Continued authoritarianism, corruption, incompetence, unprofessionalism, and lack of reform outrage all Ukrainians, even those in his traditionally more docile base in the east and the south.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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Is being submissive in that moment the quickest way to bring that moment to an end?Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Tops don’t have to be hard, masc, and tall — and bottoms don’t have to be submissive, small, or fem!María Saldana, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Duteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duteous. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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