obedient

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Descriptors such as "intelligent," "obedient," "good with children," "dedicated," "calm," and "cheerful" appeared with similar frequency in both groups.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

“Sometimes we would just punch it and it would work,” says director Yorgos Lanthimos, who relied on more obedient cameras for past films including his Oscar-nominated “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

She wasn’t so much superstitious as obedient, devoted to making the ineffable routine and mysticism accessible even to the uninitiated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

In that worldview, children are expected to "conform to in-group norms, be obedient, be orderly, be disciplined."

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Haydn’s and Mozart’s obedient following of their favourite symphonic formula - Sonata Form - could not have come at a more disobedient junction in social and political history.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall