humanely

Example Sentences

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The campaign called for a national plan to humanely manage grey squirrel populations and urgent investment in squirrelpox vaccine development.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The pope has called the treatment of migrants in the United States "extremely disrespectful" and said "we have to look for ways of treating people humanely."

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

He did more to save Rome than any person, and he always treated his enemies humanely after they were defeated and left nations intact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

To help control the population, the city launched the Citywide Cat Program in 2022, which provides funding to help organizations humanely catch cats, spay or neuter them, and release them back into the wild.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

“If you can manage to put up with me a little more humanely, I’ll go on doing what I can for Mister Rufus.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler