respect

Example Sentences

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For Respect for the Aged day in 2010, Tokyo officials decided to honor a 111-year-old man named Sogen Kato.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The two Brits were first spotted together in late 2022, when Smith sang at the White House to mark then-President Biden signing the Respect for Marriage Act guaranteeing federal protection for same-sex and interracial marriages.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Respect that the stock’s 50-month simple moving average is now sloping higher for the first time in five years.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Current polling averages show his chief rival, Péter Magyar of the Respect and Freedom Party, more commonly referred to as Tisza, with a healthy 15-point lead that has held for most of the past year.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The Huron, he reported in an account of his American years, could not understand why one Man should have more than another, and that the Rich should have more Respect than the Poor.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann