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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Noun
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Indeed, the designer’s intentions are based on high ideals — kindness, tolerance and humility among them — even if his methods can sometime shock.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025 -
Her courage, kindness, and determination touched the lives of everyone who knew her.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Ironically, this was the one episode where viewers were beginning to feel some sympathy for Ralphie, as his son got critically injured while roleplaying Lord of the Rings.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
10 June 2025
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Communism was never discussed at meetings, but secret sympathies were difficult to sniff out.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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The lessons of compassion and resilience in the book will guide her path forward.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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The following are steps that managers and supervisors can take to promote compassion, create psychological safety, and show solidarity during these challenging times.—
Dr. Angélica S. Gutiérrez,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Roth went right for Rubin’s heart, invoking the Paul Skenes Topps MLB Debut Patch autographed one-of-one card that famously sold for $1.11 million to Dick’s Sporting Goods in March.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Rather than solely leaning on designing for moneyed families and those with means to drop thousands on new pieces each season, the designer opts to create from his heart.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
22 June 2025
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This momentary pause, this saving interruption of the headlong, breathless trajectory of rape or murder, admitted a kind of compassion, pity, even tenderness, halting injustice in its tracks.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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One of the earliest warnings about pity in Western philosophy comes from the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus.—
Colin Marshall,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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Grapes are the primary ingredient in winemaking and the choice of yeast can be equally important, but until somewhat recently in wine’s 8,000-year history winemakers were completely at the mercy of the elements including the type of yeast that was already on their grapes and in their winery.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2025
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Although the firm has profited immensely as a traditional asset manager and has become an industry leader for ETFs, the division's revenue streams are still at the mercy of the stock market's volatility.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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“Ruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruth. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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