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respectful

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"The fund wants to support impact-driven companies that use local resources in environmentally respectful ways," said Sebastien Beth, one of its managers.

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"He is very respectful of all of the greats that have gone before. Don't worry about the way Ben has said it."

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Renovating a historic home, as Brettler discovered, is a careful dance between how much you change while being respectful of the original details.

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McInnis has said she prefers “behind-the-scenes work” to public pronouncements and believes it “respectful” to refrain from commenting on peer institutions.

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He wouldn’t put them back, and he was less than respectful to the adults in charge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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