dignified
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The lone umpire in Philadelphia that day was Billy McLean, a former boxer who Mr. Thorn has written “had no trouble standing up to players in a dignified fashion.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"These families might not have two pennies to rub together but they still deserve a dignified life," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Others require “humane and dignified treatment” while outlawing services performed in an “incompetent” or “cruel manner.”
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
There’s the lab-coated museum curator who treats statues in underground storage as dignified friends worth revisiting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
For a decade now, Devaney had sponsored this conference—called ASF, or the American Securitization Forum, in part because it sounded more dignified than the Association for Subprime Lending.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing dignified
An "August" Assortment: Words Worthy of Honor
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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