polite
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I don’t like a polite amount, at least 25 grams per person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
They’re polite, but understandably eager for the day to be over; already thinking about a few hours from now when they’ll meet “Al and El” and others for dinner at Chateau Marmont.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Despite the polite crowd at my screening, I wondered if questionable theater etiquette came into play elsewhere.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
As a member of the Moneyist Facebook Group says, “My momma taught me to be polite, but these people are usually vultures. Just hang up, say nothing.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But as I opened my mouth to tell him that he had been betrayed, we were interrupted by the sound of a snap, a rustle of stones, and what might have been a polite cough.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Bravo responded with a politer version in “Top Chef.”
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026
An 18-year-old woman said ghosting was “a little bit politer way to reject someone than to directly say, ‘I do not want to chat with you.’
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2022
And the video has so many star cameos it feels like a politer version of that misbegotten cover of “Imagine.”
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2020
She admires various classical and modern dancers and choreographers and works, but her own dancers enact a brash and pitiless system of movement that disdains and subverts politer forms.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2015
“I’d be politer, if I was you, to the man with the glamry blade.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Describing the comments, Evans continued: "The comment thread was 'traitors', 'taxis for migrants', they were some of the politest ones."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“The politest way is to enlist the aid of the flight attendants,” says Jodi RR Smith, an etiquette consultant.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
When confronted about these statements by a reporter, McCain defended the use of the term, saying it was the politest term he could think of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
You are, to put it in the politest terms, easily distracted.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019
“Not at all. Hank is the politest kid I’ve ever met, and Boo is a hoot,” Ray says.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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