harmlessness

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Recent Examples of harmlessness What happens, for example, when harmlessness conflicts with helping the user? Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Law enforcement later searched two locations in connection with the investigation into Hidrogo including a storage facility in Fort Worth where officers found 244 kilograms of meth with a purity level of 100 percent and more firearms.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • In Christianity, doves are associated with the Holy Spirit and symbolize purity and faith.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Homer approves equally of the man’s satisfactions and the woman’s chastity.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Youth media had a specific fixation on virginity and chastity just then.
    Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 6 June 2026

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“Harmlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmlessness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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