deference
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Former Fed official Kocherlakota said there has been deference shown to the views of the chair, but it was not automatic support.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
The strength of this Spain team is rooted in the collective, but there is still a level of deference to the 19-year-old.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
However, in the email to Fain and Boyer, the monitor said he was withholding certain information out of deference to a grand jury investigation initiated by the Justice Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Serpell writes that “Morrison has shaped the way we think about everything,” that she wrote to “think the unthinkable,” to write novels that were “relentlessly black,” giving no deference to the “white gaze.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
He would be at a barbecue at Ahmaad and Yuko’s, but out of deference to her—he didn’t want her to feel uncomfortable—when Kathy arrived, he would leave.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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