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empathize

[em-puh-thahyz] / ˈɛm pəˌθaɪz /


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Yet when Sey was taken, Stuckey asked her followers to empathize with his family.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

We should want them to empathize with marginalized groups, including abuse victims and children.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

I love to ask authors who write books, with characters who would widely be perceived as unlikable, what do you think are Mallory and Leo’s most redeeming qualities, and how did you empathize with them?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Like me, AI can be a bit of a tone-deaf know-it-all, more inclined to dispense advice than to truly listen or empathize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

If we could see one another’s pain and empathize with one another, it would never be worth it to us to commit the crimes in the first place.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

He empathizes with people born in the 1940s who feel irrelevant, since even 20-year-olds now baffle him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

But the film empathizes with her to a degree that doesn’t feel earned, inadvertently tipping into morally uneasy territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

“The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” shouldn’t work because it empathizes with the man who will eventually become a genodicial villain.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2023

Defenseman John Carlson, who was out from Dec. 23-March 23 after taking a slap shot to the face, empathizes with Backstrom trying to ramp up again after the surgery.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Park, who loves “Crazy Rich Asians,” empathizes with the burden to represent everybody.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Machado empathized with Venezuelans frustrated by the deal's lack of transparency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Department lawyers in several offices told The Wall Street Journal they empathized with Julie Le, a Department of Homeland Security attorney who was detailed to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis to bolster staffing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Smith concluded his comments by saying that while he empathized with LeBron’s defense of his child, he stood by his on-air criticism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

The group continued: "Worst of all, the series presents a convicted murderer as an innocent man that should be empathized with."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

So it seemed to Charles “that an innate feeling must have told him that the pretended crying of his nurse expressed grief” and that he empathized with her.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

“We as carbon-based fools will spend our money empathizing and caring about silicon-based creations,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Roxanne nodded along with me, empathizing with me along the way.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

She praised him for empathizing with parents, teachers, coaches, administrators and alumni.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Of course, nothing beats a personal interaction, but short of that, the phone is where the brunt of our job is done, inquiring, schmoozing, probing, empathizing.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

In other words, if I smile and you see me and smile in response — even a microsmile that takes no more than several milliseconds — it’s not just you imitating or empathizing with me.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell


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