ethos
Example Sentences
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ERL’s new Made in California collection embodies the brand’s ethos to capture the contradictions that make California what it is.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
She added: "Back in the day, Lloyd's ethos was to make banking easy. I think this is a reversal of that."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
A familiar ethos can be found at places like London’s It’s Bagels and Ghost Bagel in Lugano, Switzerland.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
"This is a way to highlight the history of Cumberland and bring it into a sustainable-future, clean-energy ethos," she says.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
It participates in the pathos appeal inasmuch as it stirs an audience’s emotions to laughter—but more importantly, it participates in the ethos appeal, inasmuch as laughter is based on a set of common assumptions.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing ethos
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Introducing Rhetoric: Using the "Available Means" (Chapter 1)
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This Week in Words: June 4 - 8, 2018
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