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circumspection

[sur-kuhm-spek-shuhn] / ˌsɜr kəmˈspɛk ʃən /


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Circumspection, critical thinking, understanding nuance and diplomacy will.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2015

Circumspection is the motto, coupled with a standing policy�among members of the British Antique Dealers Association�to refund the price of any fake.

From Time Magazine Archive

That Everything is to be undertaken with Circumspection.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Circumspection, deliberation forethought, are your sacred duties and highest interest.

From Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist by Brown, Charles Brockden

Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms. 

From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas




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