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empathy

[em-puh-thee] / ˈɛm pə θi /


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The country's Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has also spoken to his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola, who promised a full investigation and expressed empathy for the victims.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

There’s not a textbook for empathy the way there is for Python or for bookkeeping.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Her principles are based on the philosophy practiced by the Indian guru Meher Baba, her husband’s great-uncle, whose byword was empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

This disgraced girl sorely needs that empathy herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I feel overwhelming empathy for that group right now.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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