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conscientious

[kon-shee-en-shuhs, kon-see-] / ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs, ˌkɒn si- /




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These schools, having started with less talented and conscientious teachers, are then stuck with them despite the intolerable practices Ms. Hannah-Jones repeatedly observed in Najya’s school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

You are conscientious about what premarital assets remain separate, or not.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Apparently my 2 a.m. self is part snack-seeking raccoon, part conscientious housekeeper.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

She added that conscientious objection in Wales – where staff can refuse to take part in care on moral or religious grounds – was "widespread" and making a "bad situation" with provision worse.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

But Kate confided that Lizzie turned out to be “too conscientious for mediumship.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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