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as in kindness
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
those who refuse to contribute to the fund for the famine victims must have no heart
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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
the heart of the village economy was the outdoor market
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as in courage
strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger
never lost heart while she was lost in the woods
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as in core
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
at the heart of the problem is the school's outmoded computer system avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter
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as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
deep down in her heart, she knew he was telling the truth
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Recent Examples of heart
Moira Macdonald’s novel is just that good—wildly clever, funny, and filled with enough Princess Bride and Nora Ephron references to melt my cold Millennial heart.
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Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
The man of the hour wore lungs, kidneys, and a heart from an old anatomical chart sewn onto his black leotard.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
Warner said Clay's cause of death was heart and kidney issues.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Mia Beam, a former college athlete, nearly died from a rare heart condition.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
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Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
The man of the hour wore lungs, kidneys, and a heart from an old anatomical chart sewn onto his black leotard.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
Warner said Clay's cause of death was heart and kidney issues.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Mia Beam, a former college athlete, nearly died from a rare heart condition.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heart
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Seham Hassen was known for her kindness, faith and deep love for her family.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Luplow, 36, is one of four winners of the inaugural FECK Awards, a national program created by Chaz Ebert to recognize people who show exemplary forgiveness, empathy, compassion and kindness, or FECK.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Slovenian center set the team's career scoring record last month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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The farmworkers' rights movement has always been powered by courage, by people willing to endure, to speak out, to demand dignity in the face of injustice.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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But if worthiness is measured by the courage to lead, the humility to listen, the wisdom to hold complexity and the sacred responsibility of walking with people through joy, loss and transformation, then women’s rabbinic leadership has already outgrown the narrow metrics of any centralized system.—
Rabba Sara Hurwitz,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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That included both the SLS rocket's core stage and upper stage separately at different times from Orion, which also deployed its solar arrays to draw power from the sun while reaching a high-Earth orbit about 46,000 miles high.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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According to statements from the lawmakers involved, the core issue is security.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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One Baha’i tenet, that the soul begins with the formation of the embryo, led to controversy.—
Hillel Italie,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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After spending the better part of five years releasing songs that mined the darkest corners of his soul and his Alabama roots, A Heavy Duty Heart brings a heavy dose of hope to Farley’s collection.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2026
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None of them had sent me flowers, or even a sympathy card.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Washington Post investigation revealed that the Russians even proposed to stage a fake assassination of Orbán, in order to build more sympathy for him.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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After the war started, Rebin said that bombs would not deter him from driving to the capital once more to search for his son.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The city manager in Raleigh, the capital and second-largest city in the state, made $323,978, according to the Raleigh News & Observer’s slightly older salary database, which is from 2024.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart, Cram downplayed his heroism.—
Adisa Hargett-Robinson,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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Rousseau’s message was meant to offer condolences for the deaths and sympathy for the injured—and also to reassure the company’s rattled 37,000 employees and put the spotlight on the heroism of the pilots and crew.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Heart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heart. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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