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beneficence

[buh-nef-uh-suhns] / bəˈnɛf ə səns /




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All that brainpower would have been for naught, however, save for the beneficence of Uncle Sam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

Schneider dispensed deadpan punch lines, Pierson spoke with hippie beneficence and Wilson talked movingly about the death of her brother, Ricky.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

There are four main ethical principles that can guide our thinking whenever faced with ethical issues in physician and patient or researcher and participant relationships, namely the principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Erwin’s beneficence, however, did not silence the rising critics of a system that traded informal “favors” for complete submission to the owner’s authority.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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