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respect

[ri-spekt] / rɪˈspɛkt /




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According to Moses, passing the torch to owners who would respect the institution was always a priority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Former nurse and midwife Helen Haines entered parliament in 2019, earning respect across the political divide for her efforts to stamp out corruption and bolster transparency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

With De Zerbi being cut from Italian cloth, I am sure the players will have been working mornings and afternoons to drill in the manager's principles in respect to team shape and direction.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“I think the Treasury is cooking up something for the November refunding, whether it’s something with respect to auction sizes or, more likely, some kind of guidance for these auction sizes next year.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Then you’re good. Like both of them. Like ten others. If your status with someone changes, just respect the boundaries of that relationship.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Their cases differ in important respects, but together they raise questions about the relationship between presidential hostility and the exercise of state power.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

It still lags behind rival AI systems in key respects, though it has the advantage of being built directly into the device that many people already use, their iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Maria Vanda Lopes was preparing to pay her respects to a tiny terracotta statue of Our Lady, which according to legend was retrieved by fishermen in 1717.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The commission's report said that "a number of important club witnesses gave false evidence in key respects and that some knowingly gave untrue and dishonest evidence".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Aristotelian science was not like this: Aristotelian philosophers had no sense that their knowledge was incomplete in important respects, and they thus had a different measure of success from a Galileo or a Pascal.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“It’s a story about a spiritual pilgrimage and about a man who respected this place,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

My father stood in the White House to accept the Congressional Gold Medal from Ronald Reagan, a president he liked and respected, in April 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

While visiting local businesses damaged in the demonstrations, Rama said he respected the students and added that "their right to protest must and will be protected".

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Skates spoke ahead of the Co-operative Movement conference on Saturday, where he will say that people in the region "should be trusted, empowered and respected in deciding what affects them".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

She respected the beauty of the land the way all humans are meant to.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

“We have to start somewhere—and Russia has to start by respecting others.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Pledging love and respecting someone or a relationship can make people feel so uncomfortable that leaning into these tropes of life can feel humorous, and that’s where the laughs from a Hallmark film come from.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But I can’t shake the feeling that there’s a difference between respecting someone’s independence and refusing to let the people who love you help.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s a very delicate balance here because this whole system works by respecting the integrity of the deliberations and the process.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

But it’s never going to change until women start respecting themselves more.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers


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