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
  • Fiercely and humanely protect whatever gives you the most joy and grounding as it is needed to provide the core energy and wellspring from which everything else flows.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • In a now-viral video, Dart was seen sweetly interacting with a young boy named Giuseppi.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Mirren now calls Zegler, rather sweetly, Little Rachel.
    Helen Mirren, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Tourist attractions remain open, but visitors are asked to dress modestly and behave respectfully during the mourning period.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Many San Diegans would respectfully disagree.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Celebrini and Smith mostly smiled, answered the questions, and politely complied with the request in a video that had close to 400,000 views as of early Wednesday.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But Kane didn’t make that shirt and politely declined to comment on it.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • At the same time, the plan prudently addresses retention of Tesla’s visionary leader through vesting periods of up to 10 years after the grant date.
    Shane Goodwin, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • Even so, more than 70% of teens have used AI companions and half use them regularly, according to a recent study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for using screens and digital media sensibly.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The inexperienced head coach has sensibly made only minor tweaks since taking over, sticking with the compact, direct football that has served Brentford so well.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Compassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassionately. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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