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compass
noun as in boundary, periphery
verb as in enclose
Example Sentences
Ethan, who has been rejected from the police academy — which is why he works as a TSA agent — has a strong moral compass; he is not the unambitious worker Traveler assumes him to be.
I had looked at the trail map, but I didn’t have a compass on me.
"It's relentless. It's high stakes. It requires expert judgment, stamina, experience, and a strong ethical and moral compass," he told the BBC.
Shorn of their usual political compass bearings: party loyalty, ideology, an instinct on the extent or limits of the state, for instance, they have instead had to come to a very personal decision.
But Lampard is fiercely ambitious and his standing within the game may well attract players who will have been beyond the club's compass before.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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