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selfless

[self-lis] / ˈsɛlf lɪs /


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This "selfless" sharing, known as horizontal gene transfer, can rapidly spread useful traits including genes that confer resistance to antibiotic drugs used to treat infections.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

Anthropic and its chief executive, Dario Amodei, in some accounts, are selfless heroes, acting against the incentives that normally operate in business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“Service to our country, service to the Constitution, selfless service.”

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

“The most selfless thing for her was to still center the movement, and that meant at the cost of her own silence,” Alvarado said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Nor, more puzzlingly, did he gain any fame or even much attention from half a century of consistent and increasingly selfless achievement.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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