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selfless

[self-lis] / ˈsɛlf lɪs /


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Watch: Patrick Clancy's new wife describes him as "selfless father"

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

An online fundraiser described Thakur as “a caring, loving, selfless, and generous young woman who gave so much of herself to others.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The gridiron offers no eternal comfort, but East of Eden we’ll always need strong and selfless men.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Allowing someone space and time is a gift, and it’s probably the most selfless kind of gift.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

And here I was now, twenty-nine years old, sitting in the very same apartment where I'd watched all that TV and consumed all those meals dished up by the patient and selfless Marian Robinson.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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