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dignity

[dig-ni-tee] / ˈdɪg nɪ ti /


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“There’s a pathology going on here that is so out of keeping with the dignity that ought to characterize the taking of a life as a result of a legal process,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The only thing that’s left is my dignity, right?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The key to family harmony with either of these approaches is to maintain the person’s dignity as much as possible, said Kate Nattoli, a certified dementia practitioner with Crescent Grove Advisors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Today's arrest should serve as a clear warning to the public. Let us all handle the Ghana cedi with dignity."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Stanton later wrote that when she was around Mott she “felt a new born sense of dignity and freedom.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, had numerous chances to take a stand for basic human dignities.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022

“At the California Department of Justice, we’ll continue to do our part to stand up for the dignities and rights of everyone in our state.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

“We continue to feel our lives are at risk and our patient’s rights and dignities are ignored,” Osborne wrote in the letter to the Department of Health.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2020

But Smarsh’s story demonstrates an urgent truth of today’s unforgiving economy, that a college degree no longer unlocks the gates to the dignities of the middle class as it once did.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2017

But happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat reading her book of dignities after prescribing Bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I thought—Well—No, I wouldn’t.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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