courtesy
Example Sentences
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But Obama said that while travelling around the US, he found himself meeting people who "still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness".
From BBC
I find it off-putting when someone communicating with me doesn’t have the courtesy to compose his own email.
It could be courtesy of a rare run of bright, clear days.
From Salon
“I’m not sure exactly what they have in mind, but I certainly know that cooperation is a much more active role where coordination would just be courtesy, basically just keeping in touch,” Cameron said.
From Salon
Some stayed in the village and farmed, but most disappeared, courtesy of Jack of Diamonds.
From Literature
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