as in to empathize
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How much the reader should sympathize with Lisa—whether the character whom Harwicz has created is more aptly seen as a wronged person lashing out or as a more lucid villain—also feels unresolved.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Another 31 percent remain unsure or sympathize equally with both.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
In an alternate universe, the inconsistencies in both countries’ foreign policies would help each one better understand and sympathize with the other.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Another 31 percent remain unsure or sympathize equally with both.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
In an alternate universe, the inconsistencies in both countries’ foreign policies would help each one better understand and sympathize with the other.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sympathize
empathize
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Lythcott-Haims says parents should empathize with their child’s concerns, but keep their child in the driver’s seat by asking them what their plan of action is to resolve the problem.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, Esterhazy believes that the script, written by brothers Jon and Al Kaplan, lets viewers empathize with Paola, no matter how wild the situations became.—
William Earl,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Sympathize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathize. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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