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humanitarian

adjective as in giving, compassionate

noun as in person who gives generously

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Southern Command, which oversees operations in most of Latin America from Florida, tends to focus on chronically underfunded tasks including humanitarian missions.

E-wallets are being used to send financial aid directly to needy families, by humanitarian agencies including Unicef and the World Food Programme.

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In October the prince unveiled a global memorial for humanitarian aid workers where he delivered a speech on humanitarian values.

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The United Nations humanitarian office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since then, mostly in the north.

He was one of around 86,000 Afghans who assisted U.S. forces or were otherwise at-risk and brought into the country on a temporary status known as “humanitarian parole.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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