moral code
Example Sentences
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Watching onscreen characters trying to get ahead has stoked endless debate over the intersection of career ambition and moral code.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Spain's moral code still confuses composure with virtue.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
Richard’s family was Orthodox Jewish, from Lithuania, and though the Baltimores in America were not overtly religious, the family communicated a moral code that influenced their son’s concern for the underprivileged.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
“It doesn’t preach a certain religion, but it definitely shows what a moral code we all should live by is.”
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
He measured himself and those around him by an impossibly rigorous moral code.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
