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as in free
not costing or charging anything A local veterinary technician provides gratuitous services to the animal shelter twice a month.

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Recent Examples of gratuitous Homages to the Bethesda games’ slow-motion kills are aplenty, with gratuitous shots of bullets tearing through bodies and painting the walls red. Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024 Speaking of mini-games, the number of them in Infinity Nikki rivals this year’s Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s (gratuitous) total. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024 However, the above statement is deeply at odds with Wolfenstein’s mechanics—the game encourages gratuitous violence with little reflection. G Kirilloff, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 But if nothing can be done, dedicating a show to raising awareness just feel gratuitous. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gratuitous 
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  • Subscribe to Foreign Affairs This Week Our editors’ top picks, delivered free to your inbox every Friday.
    Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The Carroll County Public Library will be hosting the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, a nonprofit statewide legal service provider that assists in meeting the need for free civil legal services for community memes facing financial hardships, for a workshop, Feb. 8.
    Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Work on increasing cash flow, reducing unnecessary expenses and improving profit margins.
    Anatoly Iofe, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But many more residents across the 9.6-million-population county were mistakenly sent an evacuation warning Thursday evening, potentially inciting unnecessary panic and stirring further criticism of state and local officials.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • Tickets for Mega Millions are $2 each, with an optional $1 Megaplier to increase non-jackpot prizes.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Allwood even sells additional wall planks and an exterior awning (currently unavailable) as optional add-ons.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • Or, in complimentary meetings with college students looking for advice with the Mentorship Conversations feature.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
  • There were attendants helping with the bags and bringing them on cars to the complimentary lounge where people could wait for their next train.
    Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Gratuitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gratuitous. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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