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mores

[mawr-eyz, -eez, mohr-] / ˈmɔr eɪz, -iz, ˈmoʊr- /


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The Permian Basin, which accounts for around half of U.S. production and holds billions more barrels underground, would be the logical place for oil companies to drill mores.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Their ability to enact change depended on their willingness to defy current custom and mores.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Wind-swept Catherine is as constrained by societal mores as geographic ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The world is endlessly fascinating, and getting more so in this era of rapid change in technology, cultural mores, and politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

But to a generation of writers after Wharton that structure—the lives and mores of the rich, the wellborn, and the climbers—proved endlessly diverting.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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