upstanding members of the community
a fine, upstanding woman who deserves to be nominated to the state's highest court
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Outside of journalism, Glover founded the Chauncy Glover Project, a mentoring program dedicated to shaping inner-city teenage boys into upstanding and accomplished gentlemen, according to its website.—City News Service, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025 For those of us who know Brown well from his days as This Is Us’ Randall Pearson, Collins is similar in a lot of ways: an upstanding guy who does everything by the book and keeps his emotions inside.—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Jan. 2025 Personal branding is tough for unpretentious people with upstanding integrity to embrace.—Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Penny did not testify, but several of his relatives, friends and fellow Marines did — describing him as an upstanding, patriotic and empathetic man.—Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for upstanding
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of upstanding was
before the 12th century
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