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moral

[mawr-uhl, mor-] / ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- /




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What distinguishes “With the Old Breed” from many other war memoirs is its focus on moral courage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

That the arc of the moral universe must bend toward justice is already a daily practice for so many Americans.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

He seemed to savor the chance to go deeper, to look more closely at our innate capacity for acts both moral and depraved.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

When it is tied to "an unparalleled moral eminence", he wrote, a fast unto death "amounts to blackmail".

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

But if we let them die or suffer when we can save or help them, we face the certainty of a moral twilight.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

She is a woman with character, morals and years of positive experience.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Also read: You want a portfolio that matches your morals.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

He saw himself as a normal guy and stuck to his morals and that's why he mixed with everyone and why everyone at the club got on with him.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

"My fate, your fate, will depend on a judge deciding whether I am sufficiently following these good morals," she said, "this leads to enormous risks."

From Barron's May 17, 2026

And then Maria was off with her new ideas and the arguments she’d had with the morals instructor at the convent.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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