altruistically

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Recent Examples of altruistically But sellers do not offer lower prices to some consumers altruistically. George Slover, Time, 6 Aug. 2025 And while Spock's heroics necessitated a major plot twist to revive his character for the next Star Trek sequel, teaching turbines to behave altruistically requires just a small (but intelligent) tweak to their control systems. IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruistically
Adverb
  • Vance Joseph tried outfitting himself in a modest tone, even if his unit hasn’t exactly acted benevolently toward its training camp counterpart.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • In effect, this is just a trope of mondo films — or, less charitably, mockumentaries.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And kudos to Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow, above, for charitably helping them on their way.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Four neighbors who acted selflessly when a plane crash-landed on a Pembroke Pines street three weeks ago are the reason the night of July 13 didn’t end in tragedy.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Nor from showing how Bull unselfishly and painfully gets in the way when preventing Sterling from mounting his beloved Honey.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • To take part in the challenge, participants were required to pass an online training, as per the event's website, and had to kill the pythons humanely.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Ikejime is the technique used by Japanese fishermen for centuries to slaughter fish instantly and humanely by inserting a spike into the brain.
    Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Altruistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruistically. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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