beneficence
Example Sentences
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Paula Keeler, 74, took a break from her recent shift inspecting produce to discuss the organization’s beneficence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
There’s no better place to start than with Zackey Rahimi, a recipient of the 5th Circuit’s highly selective beneficence.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2023
Medieval and Renaissance painters depicted unicorns nestled in the Virgin Mary’s lap — a symbol of purity and beneficence.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021
This beneficence was a type of "apology" for his grotesque act of hubris and ego: he and most others of his class have no sincere sense of social obligation.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2021
From his agitation, I discerned that Lord Cheldthorpe had given no firm word on whether he would support our continued experiments and grace the arts of our house with his beneficence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing beneficence
Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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The Federalist Papers, No. 14 by James Madison
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