beneficent
Example Sentences
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I want to have the greatest beneficent impact on the largest number of people.
Plus, a lot of social policies that many Californians consider beneficent and broad-minded that, to put it mildly, others around the country consider much less so.
From Los Angeles Times
Virgil’s journey toward a beneficent existence starts with a family member’s funeral, continues through another relative’s hospice stay and then achieves fulfillment with our hero’s compassion-driven decision to look after the dead.
From New York Times
She brought to the ghostly role her own expansive sense of history — once again revealing eternity through her beneficent, dazzling, invincible artistry.
From Los Angeles Times
“Not that they were perfect by any means, but they were infinitely more successful and beneficent colonizers than other European countries.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
