decorum
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Owen's most celebrated poem, Dulce et Decorum est, was published posthumously.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023
Decorum has broken down before during presidential addresses.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
Decorum rules circulated to Senate offices say that “reading materials should be confined to only those readings which pertain to the matter before the Senate.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2020
Q. Decorum vs. duty: I don’t know how to answer when interviewers ask why I left my last job.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2018
Decorum, therefore, is a tricky quality to instance: when it is there, you don’t see it.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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