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upstanding

[uhp-stan-ding] / ʌpˈstæn dɪŋ /


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No one was hurt, she scrubbed the thought from her head and became the upstanding moral citizen she is today.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Local leaders and families are ordered to identify those they recognise as upstanding citizens.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

A top-notch campus alone does not produce academic achievement — and, conversely, a brilliant teacher and an assiduous student in a one-room schoolhouse can make for an upstanding education.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

"Please be upstanding for the world's most confusing House of Games contestant and Bake Off failure, Self Esteem!"

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

At first, she’d thought it was a matter of taste, but she’d come to understand that it was a joke he played on the upstanding merchers.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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