dignified

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Others require “humane and dignified treatment” while outlawing services performed in an “incompetent” or “cruel manner.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

US Vice President JD Vance on Monday attended the dignified transfer ceremony for the seventh soldier killed in the Middle East war.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Instead, the network aired footage from an entirely different dignified transfer — one that took place on Dec. 17, 2025 — showing Trump bareheaded.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

She says bringing back a holiday hunger payments would provide "practical, dignified support for families and ensure that vulnerable children are not placed at a further disadvantage simply because the school term has ended".

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

The table was so long you couldn’t see that far underneath without getting down on your hands and knees, and Aunt Anne was much too dignified to stoop to any such level.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey