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moral

[mawr-uhl, mor-] / ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- /




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Stephen King’s classic may be more than half a century old and has undergone multiple adaptations, but it endures because its central moral that high school is hell never ages.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

They’re not exactly coming from, like, the high moral ground here.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Rather than resolving the tension, Dostoevsky forces the reader to sit with this ambiguity, allowing the scene to stand as the ultimate test of the novel’s moral equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In its Claude Constitution, which defines Anthropic’s intentions for Claude’s behavior, Anthropic wrote that Claude’s moral status is “deeply uncertain,” and that it might have “representations of an emotional state, which could shape its behavior.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

A standard argument was that a Christian needed moral certainty of the truths of their faith, since the fate of their soul was at stake.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Fans have been warned against buying fakes, with police saying, external they can be "manufactured without regard for safety standards or workers' rights" and Trading Standards warning that "counterfeiters have no morals and no standards".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"If there's ever a candidate that I feel is worth voting for, I'll vote the direction I feel my morals are pulling me," said Pemberton.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“When you sublet your judgment about facts and morals to a rigid ideology, you really surrender your ability to make real moral judgments, and also to make real factual judgments.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

People have aligned their money with their morals for as long as money has existed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Leonardo calls them prophecies, or glimpses of the future, and they’re basically jokes with morals attached.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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