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respect

[ri-spekt] / rɪˈspɛkt /




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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

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

Respect how the stock ignored the doji candle this January and is now just above a double bottom pivot of $216.28, in a base that began in August 2021.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

"Respect for the sovereignty of the people of Greenland should be non-negotiable," Senator Lisa Murkowski, the co-chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus, said in a statement.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 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




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