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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
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Mamdani magnanimously noted the president’s high support in 2024 for a Republican in New York.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Nov. 2025
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Giving altruistically may be unrealistic when the sun confronts Neptune.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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But sellers do not offer lower prices to some consumers altruistically.—
George Slover,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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Their status has been diminished by what has — charitably — been a really discouraging decade, featuring two separate relegations.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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As a video, the result is, charitably, minimalist; less charitably, janky.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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People who have been punished but treated humanely have a far greater chance of successfully reintegrating into society, an important consideration for all of us.—
Mary Buser,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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To study how the birds tap, the researchers first humanely captured eight wild Downy Woodpeckers and carefully inserted electrodes into their muscles in the laboratory.—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Beneficently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficently. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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