beneficent
Example Sentences
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Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
At the other end, three nuns from Chicago quietly chatter, favoring passers-by with beneficent smiles.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
I want to have the greatest beneficent impact on the largest number of people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
While the prosecutor at his best is one of the most beneficent forces in our society, when he acts from malice or other base motives, he is one of the worst.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025
She forgot the names of the servants and even of her own children, yet she always managed to be present, like a cheerful, beneficent spirit, at whose slightest footfall clocks began to wind themselves.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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