as in carefulness
attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility
the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother
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This carefulness is clearly strategic.
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There was no carefulness in it.
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Choose kindness at home, let steadiness lead.
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Cancer June 21 – July 22 Clarity grows as your words find kindness.
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Democrats broadly agree that Trump’s foreign policy—the disregard for allies, the solicitude toward autocracies, the muddiness of the Iran war—has been atrocious.
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At first idly, then with what appears to be solicitude, and finally with the glee of a cat cornering a mouse before killing it, Gustav pokes into Adi’s professional failures, connecting them to Tekla’s galling success.
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Newsom has not said if the newer version of the bill quells this concern.
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Still, British politics could become a more pressing concern for the bond market with Burnham at the helm.
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If CosRx can convince people to willingly slather snail mucin on their faces, trusting the brand with hair care is a pretty easy next step.
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Women are far more likely than men to leave the workforce to take care of children or aging parents.
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“Solicitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitousness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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