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the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
a country known for the humanity of its liberal immigration policy
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Recent Examples of humanity
Slamming into the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, NASA’s Orion spacecraft blazed a trail over the Pacific Ocean on Friday, returning home with four astronauts and safely capping humanity’s first voyage to the Moon in nearly 54 years.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2026
Fifty-three years ago, humanity left the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Fighting over the soul of science fiction is a fight over the soul of the future, over the very nature of humanity.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Its last transit, 1998–2012, coincided with the rise of the internet, social media and digital culture, along with technologies that transformed how humanity communicates and builds community.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2026
Fifty-three years ago, humanity left the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Fighting over the soul of science fiction is a fight over the soul of the future, over the very nature of humanity.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Its last transit, 1998–2012, coincided with the rise of the internet, social media and digital culture, along with technologies that transformed how humanity communicates and builds community.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanity
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Peterson praised the pedigree of Lee, a two-time world champion as an assistant, and mentioned that players fall in line with his no-nonsense standards.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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During a space-to-ground news conference late Wednesday, Wiseman said crewmates Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen proposed the out-of-this-world memorial when the crew was in medical quarantine before a few days before launch.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dolores is a tribute to all of us to continue the struggle for justice and humanity — not to be caught up in an ideology for a cause that is greater than our basic human needs for kindness, dignity and belonging.—
Lynn DeWoskin Covarrubias,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Send a caring text because kindness opens doors without fuss.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2026
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The geologist Charles Lyell proposed that the very ground beneath mankind’s feet had been reshaped countless times before the beginning of human history and was even now in a state of flux.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The original show's opening moments see its characters watching a Russian step on the moon, and that one historical change sets off a butterfly effect creating a whole new history for mankind.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Couples expressed sympathy for Woods, sharing his own experience with back pain, but for some of Woods’ peers, that sympathy is qualified with a caveat.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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While Council members expressed sympathy towardf those who have been impacted by recent federal immigration action, some members were hesitant to pursue such an ordinance, fearing that the legislation would give residents a false sense of security.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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When the astronauts reached the farthest point humans have ever been in space, Americans were in awe.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Apollo 13's unplanned lunar loop sent it 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) from Earth, farther than any humans had ever gone before.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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What began as a heartbreaking act of animal abandonment is now turning into a story of compassion, rescue, and second chances.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The stars favor practical compassion, where optimism pairs with accountability and follow-through.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2026
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But her heart drifted toward other activities — usually whatever her brother Treston Brazile was doing, like baseball, soccer, and basketball.—
Charles Baggarly
April 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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The camera briefly returned to the actual game — the Giants’ Landen Roupp threw a pitch to Jorge Polanco, who fouled the ball off his foot — but the booth’s hearts were clearly in the stands.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Humanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanity. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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