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obeisance

[oh-bay-suhns, oh-bee-] / oʊˈbeɪ səns, oʊˈbi- /


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His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

But the demands for obeisance from everyone around him, foreign and domestic, aren't new.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025

A little further along the corridor, hurrying to pay obeisance, was Rodrygo, another of Pérez’s employees.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

What I love, and the WGA building does this too, is how they pay a flash of obeisance to this idea on the surface while undermining it in their geometry.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023

I still may bring to memory the smell of the varnish, my face smothered against the desk, my hands stretched before me in a gesture of offering and obeisance.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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