How to Use honor system in a Sentence

honor system

noun
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  • Customers are on the honor system to pay for any software they choose to purchase.
  • The honor system has not worked for members of the Roberts Court.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The weight limit is on the honor system; there is no weigh-in.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Sites such as that of the Times, on the other hand, must rely on the honor system.
    — David Pogue, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
  • One challenge for a Latin honors system is that the high schools don’t all grade the same way.
    — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Founded in 2009 by Todd Bol and now found around the world, the libraries work on the honor system.
    — cleveland, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Many of these tests rely on the honor system—mask up and stay home.
    — Brenda Stolyar, Wired, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Skis and boots are even loaned out for free via an honor system.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The Lynx is something of an honor system in that there is no turnstile to walk through.
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Most, if not all, of the apps are expected to use an honor system.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2021
  • In a short span, L.A. has gone from a place with a vaccine honor system to something tougher.
    — Shelby Grad Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Because any of them would have pointed out that the honor system would not have worked.
    — Kk Ottesen, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Customers are expected to pay for the used books on the honor system.
    — cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The Lynx Blue Line is perhaps the city’s biggest – and most expensive – use of the honor system.
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Michael-Paul Hart questioned the point of still having the mandate that relies on the honor system.
    — Amelia Pak-Harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2021
  • The Boston Globe reports that customers could pay on the honor system at her farm stand.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
  • There’s no restaurant open during the rest of the day, but teas, cocktails, and snacks are available throughout the day on the honor system.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In essence, the department would be using the honor system.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Drum outs have long been a key component of VMI’s honor system.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Most places are giving out boosters on the honor system.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Abiding by the safety guidelines is a matter of the honor system.
    — Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • Alaska public records law works on a kind of honor system.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Many are willing to take advantage of the honor system that surrounds the use of service dogs.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 1 Nov. 2017
  • So, ahead of Labor Day — and on the honor system — how has your job satisfaction changed from 20 years ago?
    — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • People can borrow books on the honor system or leave them for others.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The framework aimed at keeping condos safe is based largely on the honor system.
    — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2021
  • Public health officials have admitted that the honor system will play a large role in the new rules.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 May 2021
  • Lopez is known as the friendly island, where residents wave at you while rolling down the rural roads and farm stands are set up on the honor system.
    — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Collectors would agree on trades and send each other tapes in the mail with the entire process protected by the honor system.
    — John Morrison, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There's a small hammam and a dungeon of a wine cellar with some stellar bottles, all available at near-cost prices, on the honor system.
    — Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2023

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