altruistically

Example Sentences

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"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

A surrogate may carry a child altruistically — say, for a family member or other loved one — or may receive compensation.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024

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

“The reported incidents are a betrayal of HMS and, most importantly, each of the individuals who altruistically chose to will their bodies to HMS through the Anatomical Gift Program to advance medical education and research.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Why couldn’t I be altruistically scouting like him?

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline