sympathetic
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My sister is more sympathetic to my mother.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The speech was strewn with falsehoods that must have appalled even sympathetic listeners in the chamber.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"We are now seeing people coming from the rest of the UK and Northern Ireland to Glasgow because the legislation is more sympathetic to people here and it treats them better," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Rowe in his Instagram statement said that Sheeran “has been a friend to me and has changed my life” but that he is sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
And he knew that Judge Johnson was sympathetic to the civil rights movement.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing sympathetic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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