ethos

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Still, I found myself listening attentively to the warning Miller was issuing about buying into the salesman ethos.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

They arguably haven’t lived up to the company’s customer-driven ethos either.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“The Silicon Valley ethos of ‘the old industry is totally cooked’ or something like that—it is just not true at all in music,” Shulman says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

As far as fashion documentaries go, “Marc by Sofia” is an ideal punk rock companion to Jacobs’ grunge-driven ethos.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Perhaps that he did not always seem to judge his audience right—a failure of ethos.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith