compassionately

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Recent Examples of compassionately Harris compassionately explored these issues that many women faced later in life — and which rarely went represented on television. Time, 17 Sep. 2025 Each was compassionately euthanized Thursday. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 This means training businesses, libraries and public service workers to interact compassionately with people living with cognitive impairments. Taylor Penn-Vessels, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compassionately
Adverb
  • Safdie sympathetically, vividly recounts the pressure to win, the violence in the ring, the addiction that saw Kerr OD twice.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Curtis a prominent liberal-leaning figure speaking sympathetically about a conservative activist, is an unusual cross-ideological expression of mourning.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • After consulting with multiple veterinarians, facility staff made the choice to humanely euthanize him early Wednesday.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • She was humanely euthanized over the weekend after falling for the second time in a month.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The 29-year-old Spider-Man actor sweetly corrected a reporter during a recent panel event when the man referenced Zendaya as being Holland’s girlfriend.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • As the sweetly melodic ballad tapers, a gentle beat kicks in and Carey vocalizes words of religious praise over a syncopated coda for the last two minutes, her five-octave voice punctuating her patented melismatic style.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • How to celebrate the Day of the Dead respectfully?
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And while their land is private, anyone who asks respectfully is welcome to fish - a simple but powerful gesture.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In day care, dogs are introduced to a range of new experiences while also learning positive behaviors such as sitting calmly for a nail trim, greeting other dogs politely, or coming when called.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Kerr spoke for the first time on Tuesday, an hour or so before news of Kuminga’s new deal broke, answering only a few questions about the 22-year-old forward’s status before politely declining to answer anything else until the contract negotiations were settled.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Could Lightfighter – and the imitators likely to follow – even raise interest in track riding, in a world where modern sportbike performance long ago outpaced what could be exploited prudently on public roads?
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • All of which means, adopted prudently, AI is good news for software application development and operations.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Planning for stability is critical, yet often underrated by early-stage founders who may not know how to forecast costs, time cash flows or structure compensation sensibly.
    Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Although season ticket prices have continued to rise, there is a sense the club has acted sensibly around them and the goodwill generated between the fans and KSE has remained stable.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Compassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassionately. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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