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humane

[hyoo-mayn, yoo-] / hjuˈmeɪn, ju- /


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Boucher said her organization received permission from the National Park Service to set up a Missy Trap, an easy-to-build enclosure meant to capture pets in a humane manner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Colonel Trinh Tung Lam, part of the project's command team, said their task was not easy, but it was the "right" time for this "most special and humane" effort.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

What my research has shown is that lethal injection, from the start, wasn’t so much about a humane execution as a humane-looking execution.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Abatement work has exploded in recent years as a more humane alternative to poisoning or killing the birds, Coulson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

He said this almost gently, as if we were wild animals, frogs he’d caught, in a jar, as if he were being humane.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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