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Recent Examples of self-sacrifice
His return to Russia in 2021 with the knowledge that he would be imprisoned without hope of release marked his shift from political activism to the highest form of self-sacrifice.
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Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Biden will award Medals of Honor decades after the soldiers' acts of valor and self-sacrifice in Korea and Vietnam.
Medals of Honor, the nation’s highest award for battlefield heroism, require extensive documentation and often years of advocacy by family members, comrades and members of Congress.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Beneath the absurdity of the premise is a depiction of how much self-sacrifice motherhood can require.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Consequently, her nieces revere her as an icon of republican self-sacrifice.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Biden will award Medals of Honor decades after the soldiers' acts of valor and self-sacrifice in Korea and Vietnam.
Medals of Honor, the nation’s highest award for battlefield heroism, require extensive documentation and often years of advocacy by family members, comrades and members of Congress.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Beneath the absurdity of the premise is a depiction of how much self-sacrifice motherhood can require.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Consequently, her nieces revere her as an icon of republican self-sacrifice.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sacrifice
Noun
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Compared with the general population, participants with hoarding disorder scored almost universally high on altruism.—
Mary E. Dozier,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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To survive, vampire bats practice reciprocal altruism, sharing regurgitated blood with starving roost-mates—a rare and complex social behavior in the animal kingdom.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Healthy relationships allow for generosity without expectation, where both partners feel free to set boundaries without fear of emotional debt.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Though federal and state funding played an important role in these projects, they were driven more by the commitment and generosity of the individuals, families, and philanthropic organizations that make the Wildlands Partnership possible.—
Shelley Harms,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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As Trump’s second term commences, this magnanimity may be at stake.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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That level of humility and magnanimity would go a long way these days.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
7 Nov. 2024
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“Self-sacrifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sacrifice. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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