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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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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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Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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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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
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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
Adverb
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Evergreen officials respectfully declined.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
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The district remains committed to ensuring all athletic competitions are conducted safely and respectfully.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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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The queen greeted this insane question with a politely regal stare, ignored my faux pas, and continued talking about financial inclusion.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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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When pursued prudently, these opportunities can yield better returns than homeownership and come with fewer hurdles.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 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 5 Oct. 2025.
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