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Recent Examples of self-sacrifice
That’s a huge win for Donald, who gets to coast on the good optics of self-sacrifice and restitution for his family’s generational crimes.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
The state media and government representatives push militarism and self-sacrifice; school curricula endlessly celebrate Russian war victories; theaters obediently stage works of communist-era patriotic authors; and cities display army recruitment banners and hero worship posters.
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Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
As drawn here, the characters are an entirely plausible, fallible mix of peevishness, self-interest and self-sacrifice, especially the parents who learn the most about themselves and each other when push finally comes to shove.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Today Stanford University researchers presented the clearest proof to date that self-sacrifice can also benefit wind farms.
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IEEE Spectrum,
1 July 2019
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
The state media and government representatives push militarism and self-sacrifice; school curricula endlessly celebrate Russian war victories; theaters obediently stage works of communist-era patriotic authors; and cities display army recruitment banners and hero worship posters.
—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
As drawn here, the characters are an entirely plausible, fallible mix of peevishness, self-interest and self-sacrifice, especially the parents who learn the most about themselves and each other when push finally comes to shove.
—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Today Stanford University researchers presented the clearest proof to date that self-sacrifice can also benefit wind farms.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
1 July 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sacrifice
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This is a book of profound intellectual altruism and moral urgency that insists on summoning courage despite (or because of) societal and political cleavage.
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Musk did push for structures that would have given him control, and Altman and Brockman became extraordinarily wealthy from an organization built around the language of altruism.
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When storage itself is put on display, of course, the museum is still speaking, declaring both the wealth of its holdings and its generosity in sharing them.
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Badly wounded in a battle of revenge, Robin Hood is brought to a priory and tended by Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer), whose generosity awakens his finer feelings and spurs him to virtuous, self-sacrificing action.
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Both required enormous amounts of selflessness, stamina, plasticity, courage, and improvisation.
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We're taught that love is mostly a matter of selflessness, and that the best partners are the ones who give the most, defer the most and ask for the least.
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But Beijing’s magnanimity isn’t going to transform the continent’s economy.
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His magnanimity did not last long.
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More than any of them, Hart elevated unselfishness to an art form.
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His unselfishness and understanding of how to fit his skill set around Nikola Jokic’s brilliance remain unmatched.
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“Self-sacrifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sacrifice. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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