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duty

noun as in tax on foreign goods

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Now that Trump is set to assume the presidency in January, legal rules and norms prevent a sentencing that would inhibit the head of state and government from carrying out the duties of his office.

From Salon

She returned to public duties last week, but is understood to still be under the weather after a busy week of engagements.

From BBC

Where the works are improvements rather than repairs, the landlord has a heightened duty to consider the financial impact on the individual leaseholder and to give full consideration to alternative, cheaper options.

From BBC

"We will have failed in our duty and the millions of people already feeling the effects of extreme weather," he added.

From BBC

He left the military after President Biden was elected, saying he’d been ordered to stand down from guard duty at the inauguration after top brass dubbed him an extremist and “white nationalist.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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