propriety
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Their propriety is debatable, but as a matter of historical precedent and law, they aren’t war crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
For the sake of propriety — Paley was one of the 20th century’s most powerful media paschas — his indiscretions were kept quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
Swinney said that rule was introduced to "set the highest standard of propriety and integrity".
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
Does it reflect a schism within the military over its propriety?
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
He would, I was sure—he and his tight little sense of propriety.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
He was concerned that if he died intestate, his proprieties would not be passed to Li.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
White says that the song was a declaration that the White Stripes weren’t going to observe punk proprieties.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
Did you know that “stickler” was another name for the second, whose chief responsibility, after all, was to make sure that all the proprieties were strictly observed?
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2015
"I think the same same proprieties should have been followed as for Charles and Diana's wedding and that was that all former prime ministers should be invited."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2011
Father had warned me that demons sometimes do not have a feeling for the proprieties.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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