as in kindness
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
listening to your flippant comments about the homeless, I wonder if you have any ruth
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Recent Examples of ruth
Her sensitive and sublime renderings of such states in her fiction and poetry exemplify this ruth.
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Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruth
Noun
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So much kindness to me and my whole family.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
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My mother's kindness had a powerful impact on me.—
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi,
NPR,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Many of the videos prey on customers' emotions by showing interactions that try to create sympathy by showing creators being picked on in public.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Sassuolo’s late patron, Giorgio Squinzi, never hid his sympathy for Milan.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Lockhart explores themes of mental illness, conspiracy theories and trauma with intelligence and compassion, and his writing is first-rate.—
Michael Schaub,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Equally important is practicing self-care and self-compassion, which, Broder says, means treating yourself with kindness instead of judgment and recognizing that your patterns developed as a way to cope, not as a personal failing.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Eating snacks rich in magnesium, potassium, calcium, and fiber can help lower blood pressure and support heart health.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
11 May 2026
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Small habits and lifestyle changes can also benefit your blood pressure and overall heart health.—
Jennifer Berger,
Verywell Health,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Even the pictures that are particularly charged in this context rebuke our pity, reminding us that generations of kin come and go in most other households, too.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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There wasn’t a hint of patronizing or pity.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Noun
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How could the government just snatch the family’s patriarch and then leave him to a winter night’s mercy?—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Despite finishing with a dismal 20-62 record and sharing the league-best lottery odds, the ping-pong balls offered no mercy.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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“Ruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruth. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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