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moral

[mawr-uhl, mor-] / ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- /




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Adora is also in possession of “one of the weirder jobs”: a fellowship from the partially paralyzed, mind-bogglingly rich descendant of a steel baron to provide moral training to his spoiled, acquisitive preteen twin sons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Everyone else loses their moral courage and takes the bait, the grift, the deal.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

The power of his work resides not in ideological argument or moral screed but in the observation of characters struggling to maintain their humanity in an inhuman system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In this new attempt, his lawyers said the previous Court of Appeal decision wrongly applied the law due to "moral disapproval".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Some theologians were not content with moral certainty: in 1689 the Presbyterian propagandist Richard Baxter discussed the concept of evidence at great length, and decided that the only sort of evidence that counted was Evidence-Perspicuity.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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