ethos
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It’s an ethos proving to be a challenge in today’s digital world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The state’s motto, “Live Free or Die,” captures its libertarian ethos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Throughout 2026, Bauers has embodied the Brewers’ ethos, demonstrating the kind of resilience that has made the team that plays in MLB’s smallest media market an unlikely juggernaut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
By the ‘40s and ‘50s, the postwar home and its many accouterments — powered by wartime advancements, growing abundance and an ethos of “buy now, pay later” — amplified the promise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Neither could do without or do with the other; yet the constrictions of conscience and society, morality and ethos dictated a separation.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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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