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
Flashbacks illustrate who Gacy’s victims were to the people who knew and loved them, landing on the more sensitive and sensible view that they saw Gacy as trustworthy, upstanding, and therefore unthreatening.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025
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
"Please be upstanding for the world's most confusing House of Games contestant and Bake Off failure, Self Esteem!"
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025
“I know some upstanding people who’ve lived down worse than that. I’m not going to tell you which ones, though.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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