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Recent Examples of humanely
The best practice is to catch them and humanely kill them.
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Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Justin Hale has spent his career helping leaders break that silence—skillfully, humanely, and with lasting results.
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Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission allows (and even encourages) the public to humanely kill them when possible, with no bag limits or seasons and no hunting licenses required.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, these snakes are protected only by anti-cruelty laws and may be humanely killed.
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Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Trapped tegus are humanely euthanized, and their diet and reproductive status are documented at Georgia Southern.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
The next era of American justice must balance these truths carefully and humanely.
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Ana Zamora,
Time,
3 June 2026
There’s a long stretch of the episode dedicated to the actual process of putting the cattle down, as safely and humanely as possible.
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
To find out more, the researchers humanely excised additional fragments from the feet, main body and tentacles of the marine animals and ran a number of lab experiments in untreated seawater.
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Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Justin Hale has spent his career helping leaders break that silence—skillfully, humanely, and with lasting results.
—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission allows (and even encourages) the public to humanely kill them when possible, with no bag limits or seasons and no hunting licenses required.
—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, these snakes are protected only by anti-cruelty laws and may be humanely killed.
—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Trapped tegus are humanely euthanized, and their diet and reproductive status are documented at Georgia Southern.
—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
The next era of American justice must balance these truths carefully and humanely.
—
Ana Zamora,
Time,
3 June 2026
There’s a long stretch of the episode dedicated to the actual process of putting the cattle down, as safely and humanely as possible.
—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
To find out more, the researchers humanely excised additional fragments from the feet, main body and tentacles of the marine animals and ran a number of lab experiments in untreated seawater.
—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanely
Adverb
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Duplan was, charitably, a poor leader.
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The new Beaches is most charitably viewed as an oldies act for a movie.
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Voting is, arguably, also an altruistically motivated act.
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Voting is, arguably, also an altruistically motivated act.
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To be a builder is to be high agency, to contribute benevolently to society, to be the man in the arena.
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Vance Joseph tried outfitting himself in a modest tone, even if his unit hasn’t exactly acted benevolently toward its training camp counterpart.
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And one of those models that a lot of people, for a while, had some hope in was philanthropically minded billionaires who would see the value in what journalism was doing, and also have the capacity to remove it from the marketplace of capitalism, at least to a degree.
Adverb
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Coaches who, in the best cases (and there have been so many best cases) taught your kid to win magnanimously and lose graciously and compete whole-heartedly.
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My For You page is a shrine to snatched young women magnanimously sharing their tips for taut faces.
Adverb
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Dumfries cut inside and unselfishly rolled it across for Inter captain Lautaro Martínez to score one of the easiest goals of his career, tapping it into an empty net from three yards out.
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Help us and give us strength with the same courage and bravery my brother had, to unselfishly serve our country well.
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Wyck is obviously Widow’s Bay’s Quint, the veteran sea salt who takes no guff, drinks too much, and selflessly puts his life on the line.
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After hours of selflessly scrolling through Anthropologie, ASOS, Banana Republic, H&M, Mango, Nordstrom, Reformation, Shopbop, and Zara, these are my picks for expensive-looking wedding guest dresses to shop right now, starting at just $50.
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My second appointment is with Dr Mohit Mangla, the allopathic consultant, who explains cheerfully that Tulåh prioritizes Ayurveda, albeit viewed through the lens of modern medicine.
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Most of them answered the phone cheerfully.
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“Humanely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanely. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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