Loyalty
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486 examples of Loyalty in a sentence
Ministers suspected of less than full
loyalty
have been sidelined.
He relies on government ministers selected more for their
loyalty
(and family ties to him) than for their competence.
The candidate countries have simply shown
loyalty
to the US at a time when the US needs them.
The political lesson Ireland’s leaders have taken from the bailout experience is that
loyalty
to the status quo, rather than a combination of truth-seeking and radical action, is the best way forward.
But this could ratchet up pressure on non-sanctioned Russian elites to prove their
loyalty
to Putin, possibly even triggering a purge of the more pro-Western elements in Russia’s political class.
Networks based on strong ties produce the power of loyalty, but may become cliques that re-circulate conventional wisdom.
As a result, board members owe their
loyalty
to the managers who directly or indirectly appoint them – and thus have little incentive to dissent, lest they be punished with exclusion.
Of course, political connections and
loyalty
also factor into promotion decisions, especially at higher levels of government.
He has proven time and again that for him,
loyalty
is a one-way street.
By forcing Americans – and not just Jews or Democrats – to choose between their
loyalty
to Israel and the president of their own country, Netanyahu has punched a large hole in Americans' normally bipartisan support for Israel.
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century European nationalists often regarded the US as the natural home for capitalists and “rootless cosmopolitans" without any
loyalty
to their native soil.
It also needs to develop its meritocratic system further: government officials should be selected and promoted on the basis of ability and morality, rather than political loyalty, wealth, or family background.
Fear of Iranian-led hegemony, for example, has focused Gulf leaders’ minds on their Shia population’s
loyalty.
The nation-state, the classic provider of security and basic wellbeing in exchange for citizens’ loyalty, is under threat – both at home and as the fundamental unit of international affairs.
New types of
loyalty
and association are challenging the state’s traditional role.
Moreover, Zidane incarnated values that seem threatened nowadays, but to which ordinary people remain attached:
loyalty
to family, diligence, and cooperation.
The exclusive and closed nature of autocracy bars many talented individuals from rising to senior government positions, owing to a pattern of succession that rewards political
loyalty
over capabilities.
Loyalty
to a perceived identity can have innocuous and enriching components, such as, say, the promotion of a regional language.
With the help of some loyal (and foreign) engineers and enough new workers to replace strikers, the government kept the oil flowing, securing the resources needed to maintain the
loyalty
of mercenary forces who would otherwise have gone over to the opposition.
The
loyalty
the Deras inspire among their members should not be underestimated.
Similarly, after some theological debate, British Muslims have widely accepted that they owe unreserved
loyalty
to Britain.
But most British Muslims condemned them, insisting on
loyalty
to Britain.
My essay was damned part of a worldwide plot, and the exile, N.M., proved his
loyalty
to his adopted country.
As a result, today’s health IT systems act more like a “frequent flyer card” designed to enforce customer
loyalty
to a particular hospital, rather than an “ATM card” that enables you and your doctor to access your health information whenever and wherever needed.
If the EU is to retain public loyalty, it must listen up and proceed to action.
But they actually reflect frustration among a population that has been poorly governed by a succession of leaders picked by China’s central government more for their
loyalty
than their competence.
Instead, they emphasize family management of the smaller firms and a tendency to select and reward people on the basis or
loyalty
rather than merit.
Of course, politicians incite many of these conflicts, using caste, sect, and religion--not political ideas--to build voter
loyalty.
Instead of accepting that “love” cannot be enforced and must be won, Hong Kong’s over-zealous “patriots” cannot wait to show their
loyalty
by trying to mandate primitive propaganda.
For years, he sabotaged the efforts of Iranian officials who might have cut a deal with the West because he doubted their
loyalty
to him.
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