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Recent Examples of altruist
Effective altruists, by contrast, tended to jump at such opportunities — after all, 10 percent better conditions for animals, while hardly perfect, is still better.
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Some of the effective altruists will classify all of the effective accelerationists as extreme libertarians.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were also making a splash in other areas, like global health and development or biosecurity or AI, but those were all areas where a lot of money was already being spent from many sources.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Some of the effective altruists will classify all of the effective accelerationists as extreme libertarians.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were also making a splash in other areas, like global health and development or biosecurity or AI, but those were all areas where a lot of money was already being spent from many sources.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
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Miami Herald Lauren Costantino is a religion reporter for the Miami Herald funded with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and from donors comprising the South Florida Jewish and Muslim Communities, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Several Democrats said some donors have been more inclined to give specifically to candidates and campaigns rather than to larger Democratic groups.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The government isn't the giver of the right to transact.—
Brady Dale,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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Redirecting the critique back to the giver of feedback.—
Sandro da Silva,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As president, Ikenberry forcefully and consistently reached out to private benefactors and the business community to develop stronger ties and partnerships.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Since returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump and his benefactor, the tech billionaire Elon Musk, have taken a chainsaw to the government.—
Elizabeth David-Barrett,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The top three contributors to hydroplaning are: Vehicle speed - When a vehicle's speed increases, the tire-traction grip and ability to control the vehicle decreases.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2025
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Eight of his closest aides reported him to the FBI in 2020, accusing him of bribery and abusing his office to help one of his friends and campaign contributors, Nate Paul, who also employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2025
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In 1906, the American philanthropist funded the Simplified Spelling Board.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Apr. 2025
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Chambers, a Dorchester native and major Boston-area philanthropist, is expected to stay on after the merger in the post of Special Advisor to Asbury, while retaining ownership of Mercedes-Benz of Boston in Somerville.—
Lance Reynolds,
Hartford Courant,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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