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Recent Examples of cruelty-free
The brand champions understated silhouettes crafted from vegan, cruelty-free materials.
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Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 4 Jan. 2026
In 2021, Eilish launched her vegan and cruelty-free perfume brand, Eilish Fragrances.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Its talc-free, cruelty-free, and vegan formula—which contains nourishing glycerin, moisturizing jojoba seed oil, and fatty acid-laden sunflower seed oil—is just a bonus.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Oct. 2025
This temporary tweak to your famous moniker would help highlight the impressive array of cruelty-free, sustainable plant wools and the innovative designers using them.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 4 Jan. 2026
In 2021, Eilish launched her vegan and cruelty-free perfume brand, Eilish Fragrances.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Its talc-free, cruelty-free, and vegan formula—which contains nourishing glycerin, moisturizing jojoba seed oil, and fatty acid-laden sunflower seed oil—is just a bonus.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Oct. 2025
This temporary tweak to your famous moniker would help highlight the impressive array of cruelty-free, sustainable plant wools and the innovative designers using them.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cruelty-free
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruelty-free
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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But the most charitable explanation for why Congress didn't act then was that there was a suggestion that the strikes were over and done.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
21 Feb. 2026
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There are altruistic reasons to visit Molotov Kitschen + Cocktails, a Ukrainian restaurant directly facing Colfax Avenue street construction for the foreseeable future.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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Although it's become controversial in recent years, the reality is that surrogacy can be an intimate, collaborative, and often altruistic process—but those characteristics of the process rarely make it into public conversations.—
Kris Ann Valdez,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2026
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But Oppenheimer sees the act as fundamentally selfless—Lucy has the tape back and could walk away, but seeing Diana cry makes that impossible.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Having that selfless mindset, being able to create for others, has been crucial for us on this run.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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In some cases, researchers may have an idea that is not aligned strategically with how the university is raising philanthropic funds.—
Brian Herman,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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This program would create a voluntary, philanthropic pathway to fund park infrastructure and maintenance without charging people to park.—
Shane Harris,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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In her first campaign for City Council in 2020, Raman ran on a promise to address the city’s homelessness crisis in a humanitarian way, by moving unhoused residents into temporary and permanent housing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The emails revealed no criminal behavior on Wasserman’s part but did reveal suggestive communications between him and Maxwell following a humanitarian trip Wasserman and his wife took with Epstein to Africa over 20 years ago.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Both were similar, with quick passing and unselfish assists.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla raved about the unselfish mindset Holiday brought to Boston’s locker room during his two seasons with the franchise.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Speculation, particularly among liberal commentators, has started to swirl around possible retirement plans of Justice Samuel Alito.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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But most forms of higher education have seen at least a doubling of its liberal-to-conservative gap since the nineties.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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That love, of course, is a pure and noble one in this iteration.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Thank you for your attempt at helping in the noble cause of mannerliness, but Miss Manners is afraid that your suggestion represents the problem, not the solution.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Cruelty-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruelty-free. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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