deference
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“It seems like the board is basically saying, yes, we’re going to give deference to the administration whenever they want to kick somebody out,” López said.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
"The Pope is the Pope, we owe him a certain amount of deference, but I don't think that Catholicism wants the obedience of cadavers. We are living, thinking persons," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It is reading a cold transcript under a regime of extreme deference, where a claim that feels powerful can still founder if the justices conclude that Mississippi’s reading of the record was at least reasonable.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
And so it is a surprise to turn to New York’s New Museum, which has been expanded in a way that shows something rare for Mr. Koolhaas: deference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Estha and Rahel accorded the second third and the third third of the Meenachal the deference it deserved.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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