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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.
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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She was humanely euthanized over the weekend after falling for the second time in a month.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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How to celebrate the Day of the Dead respectfully?—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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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
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All of which means, adopted prudently, AI is good news for software application development and operations.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
Cite this Entry
“Compassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassionately. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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