compassionates

present tense third-person singular of compassionate

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Verb
  • Love Story, by turns, elevates its lovers, pities them, humanizes them.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Giamatti makes Jerry ferocious but not monstruous, a man who certainly likes barking orders at various underlings but loves making good theater even more.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • An English springer spaniel in Alabama loves nothing more than spending her whole day in the pool and has taken to tricking her parents into letting her into the pool every day.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Compassionates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassionates. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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