decency

Example Sentences

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The FCC - the country's broadcast media watchdog - regulates radio, TV and satellite airwaves, giving it power over a range of matters, including mergers and decency complaints.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

American politics has always produced figures eager to test the boundaries of decency.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

“And reminds us that decency is a superpower.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Pop icon Elton John on Friday accused the publisher of two UK tabloids of "abhorrent" privacy invasions "outside even the most basic standards of human decency" as he testified at London's High Court.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

He briefly tried to hide in pathology, where the people had the decency to be dead, but that didn’t work.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis