as in to sympathize
to have the same feelings as another person; to feel empathy for someone
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He learned to empathize with the poor.
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However, leaders often struggle with selective empathy—the tendency to empathize with certain groups while neglecting others—leading to division, distrust, and diminished impact.
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
His colleagues remember him as empathizing with migrants who were inadvertently swept up.
—Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Report Oilers forward Corey Perry, who's been someone that plays with an edge his entire 20-season career, can also empathize for McDavid's position.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Hearing the other move around, flick the light switch on and off, pound the floor, the insomniac empathizes while recognizing that to commiserate would be to bar the door to oblivion for both.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
His colleagues remember him as empathizing with migrants who were inadvertently swept up.
—Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Report Oilers forward Corey Perry, who's been someone that plays with an edge his entire 20-season career, can also empathize for McDavid's position.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Hearing the other move around, flick the light switch on and off, pound the floor, the insomniac empathizes while recognizing that to commiserate would be to bar the door to oblivion for both.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Empathize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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