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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
After earning a PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Grandin became an authority on humane livestock treatment, designing systems that reduce stress for animals in slaughterhouses.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
This includes advocacy for pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and humane and transparent immigration policies and enforcement practices.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Apr. 2025
The humane society is in the Hickory area, a roughly 55-mile drive northwest from Charlotte.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
Officers then set a humane trap to catch the third Great Dane the next day and took him to the Humane Colorado buddy center to reunite with his friends.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
This includes advocacy for pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and humane and transparent immigration policies and enforcement practices.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Apr. 2025
The humane society is in the Hickory area, a roughly 55-mile drive northwest from Charlotte.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
Officers then set a humane trap to catch the third Great Dane the next day and took him to the Humane Colorado buddy center to reunite with his friends.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humane
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TikToker Bella Bradford Announces Her Own Death at 24 in Video Recorded During 'Final Stages' of Rare Terminal Cancer By Friday, however, her condition had deteriorated so drastically that the only compassionate option left was hospice.—
Carissa Talmage,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Albert Kim is the founder and CEO of Sota Cloud, pioneering through compassionate innovation.—
Albert Kim,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Chu—who also signed the letter and whose own appearance at the Y was cancelled amid mass resignations provoked by the Nguyen incident—is sympathetic to Nguyen, and moved by the bravery of the employees who resigned in protest.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Last week, in Mahmoud v. Taylor, most of the justices sounded extremely sympathetic to religious parents who objected to books being taught in public schools that have LGBTQ characters.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
30 Apr. 2025
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There is, equally, a certain childish hope that Vuong’s reader will approach him with the benevolent incomprehension of a maternal figure.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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This allowed people to keep believing in a fundamentally benevolent government despite their experiences.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Paige makes the astute observation that Craig and Kyle are similar and need to be prodded along with kind words and attention with everything that happens.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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If the fates are kind, the Avs have learned at least two things from the sheer agony of the past weekend.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 May 2025
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“Humane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humane. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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