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courtesy

kur tuh see

  • n  a courteous or respectful or considerate act
  • n  a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
  • n  a courteous manner

  • Last week, for the fifth time in the 400 years since Henry VIII broke with Rome, a top member of the British royal family paid an official courtesy call on the Pope.
  • Senatorial courtesy is the custom by which Presidential appointees "personally offensive or obnoxious" to Senators from their State are not confirmed by the Senate.
  • Photo courtesy of Sharp .
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  • Barack Obama in GOPUSA
    Obama said, "Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect."
  • John Terry in Reuters UK
    Terry said: "Chelsea told me what had happened with the enquiry as a courtesy. I was very happy with their reaction as mine would have been the same. I have always said that I want to end my career at the club which I love and we all see no reason...
  • Marcia Clark in Guardian Unlimited
    The Bronco chase was a nightmare,said Clark, now a special correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight." "Certainly he has abused that courtesy, so I would not expect anyone to extend it to him again."

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