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Recent Examples of self-sacrificing
There’s the self-sacrificing Texas teenager who’s helping her mom make ends meet by cashing out her own college fund.
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Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sacrificing
Adjective
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Practicing medicine is most effective as a selfless endeavor; the healing arts thrive when extricated from material preoccupations.—
David Marks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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Only an act of selfless love can reverse the switch.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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The first is that addressing climate change needs to be viewed through a strategic lens rather than as an altruistic act or even an opportunity for short-term financial gain as with tax credits.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
25 July 2025
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Sandler, a one-time registered and politically active Republican, is conveying to his audience a traditional conservative message: A life well lived is not a solipsistic one that exalts the self but an altruistic one that places the interests of others above all else.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
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Its land is farmed communally, and its lord, Master Kent (Harry Melling), is a benevolent soul who prefers coaxing and rewarding to ordering and punishing.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
17 Aug. 2025
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The investigation went public in July after federal prosecutors empaneled a grand jury and issued subpoenas to several nonprofits and the Department of Economic and Community Development, the principal state conduit for delivering taxpayer money to charitable organizations.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Morning Pointe Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Morning Pointe Senior Living founded by senior health care entrepreneurs Greg A. Vital and Franklin Farrow.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Art Environments The Kohler Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Kohler Co., a global manufacturing giant headquartered in Kohler, WI.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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“Self-sacrificing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sacrificing. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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