upstanding
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Local leaders and families are ordered to identify those they recognise as upstanding citizens.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Philadelphia sports fans have a bit of a reputation for not always being the most upstanding of citizens.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Jim Palmer, an upstanding and righteous pitcher and broadcaster, may understand the hypocrisy of baseball’s new embrace of gambling, but it’s still a narrow issue for him.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025
Many commentators seemed to believe the actor had tarnished an otherwise upstanding and squeaky clean image, with some expressing disappointment that the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ambassador “can’t accept his own child”.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
At first, she’d thought it was a matter of taste, but she’d come to understand that it was a joke he played on the upstanding merchers.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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