adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compassionate leave (= time that you are allowed away from work because someone in your family is very ill or has died )
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Eileen was given compassionate leave to go to the funeral.
compassionate leave
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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They would also like the old democracies to look upon their young ones with a more compassionate eye.
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Bill Clinton is seen as more compassionate .
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You know, a more compassionate person.
■ NOUN
capitalism
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Above these foundation stones compassionate capitalism rises like a beacon.
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No one nation has an exclusive on compassionate capitalism .
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Still, compassionate capitalism demands that we continue to try.
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They are models of compassionate capitalism at work to black and white alike.
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Andrew Carnegie has been called the patron saint of compassionate capitalism .
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Because I am convinced that her life demonstrates both sides of compassionate capitalism .
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They have a unique perspective on compassionate capitalism .
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But the real question is: What does compassionate capitalism mean to you?
capitalist
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The compassionate capitalist sees herself as a business entrepreneur and a social entrepreneur at the same time.
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But Juanita Avalard was also a compassionate capitalist because she gave Isabel a way to help herself.
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Before you can truly succeed as a compassionate capitalist , you need to answer that question honestly.
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They have taught me by their example what it means to be a compassionate capitalist .
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Who are the truly compassionate capitalists that you know?
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There are successful compassionate capitalists who have come out of very different ideologies.
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So what is a compassionate capitalist to think?
conservatism
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Critics worry that compassionate conservatism involves subcontracting social welfare to nutty evangelicals.
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Call it compassionate conservatism on offense.
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Critics also worry that compassionate conservatism is a leap in the dark without any empirical evidence to back it up.
leave
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Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral.
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Trouble erupted on Friday night after a row about a prisoner's appeal for compassionate leave .
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And with a baby on the way there would surely be some compassionate leave for him soon.
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He will be able to return on compassionate leave - particularly if it helps to focus his mind on the Test series.
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Your request for compassionate leave is, of course, granted.
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After her return from compassionate leave following the death of her father, they had been prepared to rally round.
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Edward was in the Western Desert, and because of the children he was given compassionate leave .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
maternity/sick/compassionate leave
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Accumulating days for sick leave proved to be a trap.
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Generally a trend of sick leave or requests for transfers by other women who have worked for this person will emerge.
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I could take the afternoon off from work as sick leave .
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If the technology is not firm-wide train an extra secretary to cover for others who are on holiday or sick leave .
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Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral.
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She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave .
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These work-force-centered benefits helped businesses retain their most valuable employees. Sick leave policies changed.
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When they go on sick leave , their aggregate take-home pay is actually higher than when they are on the job.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alice was a compassionate woman who wanted to save children from violence and poverty.
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Our city has earned a reputation as a place where government is compassionate toward the poor and disadvantaged.
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The church has inspired countless compassionate men and women to help the needy in times of famine, war, and plague.
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We must try to create a more caring, more compassionate society.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A compassionate act comes out of a compassionate feeling.
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Bill Clinton is seen as more compassionate .
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Critics worry that compassionate conservatism involves subcontracting social welfare to nutty evangelicals.
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If they are confident and compassionate , we are uplifted and encouraged.
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In those switched-off moods he was no longer loving, no longer amusing, no longer thoughtful or considerate or gentlemanly or compassionate .
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It is essential that assessment in a Catholic school should be compassionate .
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The caring and compassionate are also capable of being utterly ruthless, as Mrs Williams was sometimes claimed to be.