altruistic

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“Dawson’s Creek” made Van Der Beek a heartthrob more impactful than any of his contemporaries — a character more open than Jared Leto’s icy Jordan Catalano, and more altruistic than Luke Perry’s Dylan McKay.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

During the recruiting process, surrogates are often told that their motives should be not solely financial but also altruistic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

"The population is like one big family," he says, "there is less taboo about these issues, and we are an altruistic population, many sperm donors also donate blood."

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The research, conducted with chemical ecologist Thomas Schmitt from the University of Würzburg in Germany, documents this form of altruistic disease signaling in social insects for the first time.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

She tried to focus on how much she was helping them, as if this were a charitable deed, purely altruistic: like volunteering at a soup kitchen, or adopting a dog from a shelter.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng