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as in compassionate
having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others
humane guards who treated the prisoners decently the Geneva conventions spelled out standards for the humane treatment of prisoners of war
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as in sympathetic
having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another
the movie's humane depiction of people who are physically and mentally challenged
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Recent Examples of humane
The legislation would amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that the existing standards set under federal law for the humane care, treatment, and exhibition of some warm-blooded animals are extended to cover additional warm blooded and cold-blooded animals.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The humane society dispatched emergency animal medical technician Hunter Stribling, who, along with Phoenix firefighters used a ladder and various devices to get Dorothea to safety.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Fogelman and Metz were recognized as groundbreaking for their humane, nonpatronizing portrayal of a plus-size woman as a mother, wife, daughter, and sister, not just as a vehicle for cultural commentary.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
By investing in employee development, offering job security and reimagining hiring practices, companies can create a more sustainable and humane business environment.
—Kushal Chordia, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The humane society dispatched emergency animal medical technician Hunter Stribling, who, along with Phoenix firefighters used a ladder and various devices to get Dorothea to safety.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Fogelman and Metz were recognized as groundbreaking for their humane, nonpatronizing portrayal of a plus-size woman as a mother, wife, daughter, and sister, not just as a vehicle for cultural commentary.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
By investing in employee development, offering job security and reimagining hiring practices, companies can create a more sustainable and humane business environment.
—Kushal Chordia, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humane
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Take compassionate, caring actions to support others.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the real knockout is Saldaña, a compassionate audience surrogate and urgent energy source.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Many states that rely on advisory committee recommendations for vaccination schedules and mandates could also choose to ignore them if people sympathetic to Kennedy’s views join the panels.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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With its sympathetic portraits of Donald Trump and Roy Cohn, The Apprentice is, in the end, yet another bland Hollywood biopic.A. S. Hamrah, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024
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Many people believe that slavery in Latin America was a benevolent institution.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, the naive belief held by most Americans, that the Fed is an apolitical body of benevolent technocrats who would never use their immense, ring-of-Sauron-like power for anything but the good of humanity, has evaporated.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Be kind to yourself: The election is stressing us out.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So try to do something kind for yourself in the process of grieving.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Humane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humane. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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