dignity
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Leo’s encyclical insists that human dignity is forged through relationship: through encountering the other, through vulnerability, through the willingness to be changed by what we find.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
He said his son has cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder, and relies on assistance to live with dignity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“You would think that a human being with a shred of dignity would recoil from this thing,” Oswalt said.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
"Henry did not die with dignity," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The solemnity that had always lent him, as a small child, a rather comic air, now seemed a sort of youthful dignity.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing dignity
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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