humaneness
Example Sentences
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“And then it’s not like you shut the factory down for two days. You start making some some real difficult decisions related to animals from a humaneness standpoint.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
States began proposing nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate execution method because of difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs and ongoing litigation over the humaneness of lethal injection.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
For mink and muskrat, the researchers concluded, drowning traps "fell within the tentative criteria of humaneness" established by the Canadian committee.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
But this alleged humaneness while pursuing his quarry makes him appear calculating, rather like Lewis Carroll’s virtue-signalling walrus who feigns sympathy with the oysters he shoves in his mouth.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
In its place he estab-lished an administration distinguished by its humaneness and intelligence.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
