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empathize

[em-puh-thahyz] / ˈɛm pəˌθaɪz /


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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

“I like Instagrams where people are putting themselves out there and maybe they’re not the best at it, and I both find it funny but I do also empathize with them, too, and support them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

"This could indicate a close relationship between these human individuals and the animal, an idea that I think is quite easy to empathize with."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

It’s a moral issue that many regular people can empathize with, in part because we are too always being watched now.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 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

“There’s a lot of big change happening now, there’s no way to fight it,” Gravestock said, adding that she empathizes with fears AI will ultimately replace many workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

She empathizes with Denitra’s predicament, but how can she combat a system that made her an exception by the luck of the educational draw?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

“Germany, which was reunified 33 years ago, is a country that understands and empathizes with the issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula,” Yoon said.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023

"Beef" empathizes with its antagonists without condoning what they're doing to each other.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

I especially empathized in these moments with the men whose sentences put them in the category of “long-termers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Yesenia Pérez, who received her undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara in June and will be studying at the campus in the fall for a master’s in technology management, said she empathized with both sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 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

She’d empathized with him, and even said she sometimes heard things coming from the jungle too.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“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

Studies show that empathizing with animals influences human behavior and can motivate people to take action to protect them.

From Salon ● May 12, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

Chauvin’s sentencing judge, empathizing with him over his isolation in state prison, expressed optimism that he would fare better with fewer restrictions as a federal inmate.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 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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