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compassionately





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A friend or family member might serve more compassionately as conservator.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: "If any member of staff has been over paid, we expect employers to work compassionately with individuals to agree a repayment schedule."

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

“We think we can convince them to move, to think more compassionately about people and think: Is this the America I signed up for?”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

“You can’t describe the situation and logically or compassionately say, ‘We’re going to play,’” Tagliabue told NFL.com in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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