Example Sentences

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The Tyra Banks we see in “Reality Check” knows she had pull then, and even now, but falls short of admitting she could use it altruistically instead of solely for profit.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

"If you don't want there to be a trade in these body parts, we need to get a way of more people donating altruistically," she says.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Less altruistically, Amazon also hopes the $10-billion-plus project can transform it into a global telecommunications giant.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

The researchers report that in those works, trees are attributed with human characteristics and behaviours, including the ability to feel pain and pleasure, to communicate with one another, and to act altruistically.

From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 2023

Why couldn’t I be altruistically scouting like him?

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline