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rectitude

[rek-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈrɛk tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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Appeared in the February 28, 2026, print edition as 'Rage and Rectitude in the Texas GOP Primary'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A version of this review appears in print on February 10, 2014, on page C1 of the with the headline: Rectitude And Desire, Both at Sea .

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2014

German Rectitude Has Its Risks As markets pummeled Spanish and Italian government bonds this week after Europe’s latest effort to contain crisis, Germany seemed increasingly isolated in its demands for more austerity.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2012

Rectitude is something that De la Madrid wants to bring back into fashion in Mexico.

From Time Magazine Archive

It believed in man's ability to apprehend the absolute ideas of Truth, Rectitude, Goodness.

From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Perry, Bliss




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