as in carefulness
attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility
the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother
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Noun
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Take a moment to watch these other random acts of kindness captured on camera!—
Ronnie Li,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025 -
The viral video left many TikTok users emotional and grateful for the couple's kindness.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.—
Sam Sacks,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Even the Scotland Residents page on Facebook, usually seething with vitriol directed toward neighbors and local officials alike, was full of solicitude and suggestions and offers of help.—
Gary Greenberg,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The July incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, raised significant concerns about coordination between local and federal law enforcement.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The German election is animated by concerns over a stagnant economy, a decade-long surge of immigration, high energy prices and tenuous national security, with Russia waging war to the east and President Trump threatening to upend NATO from the West.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses are being withheld from necessary treatments while those fleeing war are being denied important emergency medical care.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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Plus, high-quality child care is often not accessible for low- to middle-income families.—
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Solicitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitousness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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