Sentence examples for term of deference from inspiring English sources

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Your knowledge of baseball is so limited you think that a sacrifice bunt is a kind of religious ritual, that "Yogi" is a term of deference for some rubber-faced guru in New Jersey.

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And in more extensive comments on that same theme in a 2000 speech, she defined judicial attention to "policy" in terms of deference to lawmakers.

"The court can't abdicate responsibility in the face of fear-filled words like 'terrorism' or terms of deference like 'national security.' These are, of course, important interests, but you have to have substance behind the words," Fan told The Post.

If your counterpart is holding out simply because the cost of doing so is low and the possible benefits are high, consider building coalitions that exploit what professor James Sebenius of Harvard Business School has termed patterns of deference, or the tendency for parties to follow influential others on a particular course.

While those challenges will no doubt be framed in terms of respect and deference for a sacred anniversary, they will carry a practical advantage for Democrats, who most often find themselves outspent by better-financed Republican opponents in the final week of the campaign.

In everyday usage, the term compliance means deference and obedience, elevating the authority of medical expertise.

It is a term of both endearment and cautious deference; Talabani has a mercurial personality, with extreme mood swings.

The left had the numbers for the proposition that Labor MPs and senators be bound to vote pro same-sex marriage in the next term of parliament, but compromised in deference to the wishes of the leader.

And Mr. Bush's decision promised to have enormous political ramifications, shaping the president's image in terms of his perceived deference to social conservatives, his willingness to compromise and his degree of interest in trying to edge closer to the political center.

They will have gained little in return in terms of loyalty and deference from its now rattled regional allies.

Davenport-Hines posits a longer-term consequence of the affair the gradual ending of traditional notions of deference: "Authority, however disinterested, well-qualified and experienced, was [after June 1963] increasingly greeted with suspicion rather than trust".

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