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Recent Examples of unselfishly
Help us and give us strength with the same courage and bravery my brother had, to unselfishly serve our country well.
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Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
Before the game, Lakers coach JJ Redick challenged his group to play unselfishly.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Nor from showing how Bull unselfishly and painfully gets in the way when preventing Sterling from mounting his beloved Honey.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
Before the game, Lakers coach JJ Redick challenged his group to play unselfishly.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Nor from showing how Bull unselfishly and painfully gets in the way when preventing Sterling from mounting his beloved Honey.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unselfishly
Adverb
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Daisy, selflessly shielding Agnes from danger, has finally thawed the ice between them.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sheriff Eric Fagan said Lewis was acting selflessly when he was hit and killed.—
Nicole Hensley,
Houston Chronicle,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Coaches who, in the best cases (and there have been so many best cases) taught your kid to win magnanimously and lose graciously and compete whole-heartedly.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Good morning, Alexei Oreskovic here, taking the baton back from features editor Matt Heimer, who graciously filled in for me these last couple of days.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Indeed, Calvin is cheerfully lobotomizing a snowman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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In Atlanta, my hometown airport, cheerfully marketed as the world’s busiest, had descended into organized chaos.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Unselfishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unselfishly. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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