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as in caring
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as in charitable
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as in pardoning
to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward
it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us
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as in ignoring
to dismiss as of little importance
he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration
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Recent Examples of forgiving
Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
While flower beds and shrubs can be a bit more forgiving, container gardening takes a little more attention.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2025
Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Study after study proven that forgiving wrongdoers reduces stress, depression, anger, anxiety, and improves overall wellbeing.
—Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
And while Kate might be capable of burying the hatchet and moving on, King Charles… and Prince William are not in a forgiving mood.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
While flower beds and shrubs can be a bit more forgiving, container gardening takes a little more attention.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
Cardona said providing those resources was among his proudest achievements, as well as increasing Pell Grants, federal scholarships and forgiving over $176 billion in student loans to nearly 5 million people during his term.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Study after study proven that forgiving wrongdoers reduces stress, depression, anger, anxiety, and improves overall wellbeing.
—Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgiving
Adjective
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His research interests primarily focus on meeting science, as well as occupational stress faced by dirty work and caring professions.—
por Brent N. Reed, Steven G. Rogelberg,
Harvard Business Review,
12 Feb. 2025
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Joining a group with the same interests or volunteering or working together, often provides caring friends.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And, who knows, one of those bricks might lay the foundation for more charitable actions.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2025
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These might include harvesting and offsetting gains and losses, charitable gifts to offset gain, charitable remainder trusts to defer the taxable gain on diversification, exchange funds, and so forth.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But should investors really be ignoring small caps in 2025?—
Bret Kenwell,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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See video … WATCH RAYMOND ARROYO – Biden rewarded murderers while ignoring the innocent and their families.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Even with their flaws and subjectivities, human therapists are equipped to hold a compassionate, adaptive space that AI currently can’t replicate.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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June's story serves as a reminder of the dedication required to rescue and rehabilitate homeless animals, as well as the impact of compassionate individuals willing to go the extra mile.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Parthenope is inscrutable yet expressive, insolent yet heroic, magnetic yet unattainable, loving yet selfish.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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For my entire life, the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome has been Morris Chestnut, an actor who looks as if he was sculpted from marble by the hands of a loving and generous god.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the early 20th century, physicists wanted to study Brownian motion, the random movement of particles in a liquid or gas.—
Solomon Adams,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2025
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While there are countless wormholes to be dragged into on a player’s Baseball Reference page, many of them can be pushed aside with the explanation that the reasoning for a level of success (or lack thereof) is due to the sample size making those results random.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Contest organizers were once again kind enough to share with us a selection of this year’s honorees, with captions written by the photographers.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Be kind to yourself when things don’t go as planned.—
Nicole Lipkin,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These are professionals at work here, and yet the staging of virtually every kinetic showstopper feels haphazard at best.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
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This is evident in the models styled in suits without shirts or asymmetrical fur elements that feel both haphazard and intentionally crafted.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Forgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgiving. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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