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generosity

[jen-uh-ros-i-tee] / ˌdʒɛn əˈrɒs ɪ ti /


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In Hazle Township, locals have also spotted developer generosity at the local Italian festival: “Free Amusement Rides Sponsored By NorthPoint.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

His generosity is so well known, in fact, that an industry of lobbyists, lawyers and other insiders has reportedly sprung up to facilitate clemency for wealthy criminals.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

We will stop obsessing over money and fighting over resources and instead organize our society around generosity and kindness.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

It can be all too easy to conflate generosity of spirit with financial largesse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

In Haudenosaunee lore, the birds represented nature’s generosity, a species literally selected by the spirit world to nourish humankind.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

These gestures and generosities were things only her friends could tell you about.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

If you’ve got nothing left in reserve for even the smallest generosities — no judgment here, there’s been a lot of “… everything” — then start with micro-generosity to yourself.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

The small generosities, the willingness to listen, the empathy, lightening the mood with … let’s face it, some pretty silly jokes.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

In one of his more notable generosities back in Washington, he purchased copies of Joseph Mitchell’s Up in the Old Hotel for the entire staff.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 13, 2015

"I know how hard a road can be and how sore one's feet can get," he would perhaps say to me, as he had often done before when we blamed him for his generosities.

From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith




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