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Recent Examples of altruist
Effective altruists, by contrast, tended to jump at such opportunities — after all, 10 percent better conditions for animals, while hardly perfect, is still better.
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Some of the effective altruists will classify all of the effective accelerationists as extreme libertarians.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were also making a splash in other areas, like global health and development or biosecurity or AI, but those were all areas where a lot of money was already being spent from many sources.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Some of the effective altruists will classify all of the effective accelerationists as extreme libertarians.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were also making a splash in other areas, like global health and development or biosecurity or AI, but those were all areas where a lot of money was already being spent from many sources.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
Noun
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Where did the idea come from to show the staff staging an honor walk for the organ donor’s family?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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Lambert is a prominent GOP donor and was a fundraiser for President Donald Trump’s campaign.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Lewis also is pushing for care givers to be able to qualify for Medicaid.—
Sarah Baniak,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Often, it’s based on reciprocity, which means there could be a future expectation the giver will one day be the receiver.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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The United States has flipped from a moralistic benefactor to a transactional predator of Kyiv’s resources.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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Beginning in 2017, a group of South Side benefactors including Chance the Rapper, Jennifer Hudson and Quincy Jones pitched in to save the place.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors — along with special consideration from dermatologists.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
28 Feb. 2025
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Coinbase was a leading contributor to Republicans’ sweeping victory in November in its effort to help push forward a more crypto-friendly agenda in Washington, D.C.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rose was a real estate developer and philanthropist who in 1978 founded The Georgetown Company, which oversaw a renovation of New York's Madison Square Garden and the development of the IAC Building in Manhattan, according to his obituary.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Harris’ entry could spell bad news for the current field of Democrats, including Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, state schools chief Tony Thurmond, former state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and businessman and philanthropist Stephen Cloobeck.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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