courtesy
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From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"He's really just visiting the golf resort he owns and dropping into Dublin for a courtesy visit," Daniel Geary, a US history professor at Trinity College Dublin, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
It’s about overly noble characters, their stagy exchanges, the manicured squalor of the poor and, for the rich, an opulence that might have arrived courtesy of Wayfair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We held the agency accountable, made things right for every customer involved, ensured each was notified directly and provided direct customer support along with courtesy Bilt Points,” a spokesman said.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
As he watched me into the lift I thought of yesterday, Mrs. Van Hopper’s chattering tongue, and his cold courtesy.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
You could describe that as the meaningless courtesies of routine statecraft, but it also suggested a high-flying hotel guest offering his compliments to the concierge: The eggs this morning were entirely delicious.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“What she absorbed of my strain, despite the courtesies of our hosts, is exemplified by her acquisition of two ulcers, which put her in the hospital for weeks at the end of the trip.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
You’re sitting in a room full of people who you want access to and you are observing the courtesies that are required to keep you in the room.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
“He’s paid his fealty. He’s done his bows and courtesies, and now realism sets in. He’s not going to win South Carolina in November,” Huffmon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
"Tyrion, have you for-gotten your courtesies? Kindly acquaint us with our . . . honored guests."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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