How to Use honor system in a Sentence

honor system

noun
  • Customers are on the honor system to pay for any software they choose to purchase.
  • Instead, there’s an honor system, with players calling their own fouls.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Honor Code can’t run on the honor system anymore.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • Running on the honor system, a trademark of Swiss culture, these small farm stands (or hofladens) vary in size, shape, and contents.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • The speedy style of play popularized in chess’ digital arena is somewhat reliant on the honor system.
    — Corey Williams, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The park will rely on the honor system — there are signs but no fence to separate the dog meadow from the human meadow, as there commonly is at dog parks.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2025
  • In the past, the system largely operated on an honor system, allowing non-hotel guests to take advantage of the perk.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There is no attendant, each party gets an hour on the honor system, and players who overstay their hour or flout the rules are subject to gentle but public shaming by others waiting.
    — David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The program operates on an honor system, meaning no qualification is required.
    — La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • Others said measures being used by escorts are based on the honor system without policies to mitigate national security threats.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Part of why Jami thinks the honor system works is because locals like to know their farmers and see where the produce is grown, both of which effectively take the anonymity out of the shopping experience.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Since October, Christie Baron has spent weekends stacking round loaves of her leavened, airy bread onto a cart in her driveway and inviting customers to buy the homemade goodness via the honor system.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But until this year, the motion picture academy operated entirely on the honor system, strongly encouraging members to see everything before voting.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Its historic honor system expects every member of the community, especially students, to act honestly, respectfully, and responsibly.
    — Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Florida’s approach for policing water contamination amounts to an honor system that protects polluting industries — including agriculture and development, whose representatives lobby heavily in Tallahassee, the Times found.
    — Bethany Barnes, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Angel-Martinez’s defense attorney, Randall Barnum, talked about the formative years before the age of 21 and said that in juvenile correction, Angel-Martinez has been involved in the honor system and participated in the education process.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025

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