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beneficent

[buh-nef-uh-suhnt] / bəˈnɛf ə sənt /


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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

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 • Jan. 30, 2024

She is not beneficent or seductive; she’s ruthless and mutilated.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

“Daniel Burnham was obsessed by the feudal idea of power. Louis Sullivan was equally obsessed by the beneficent idea of Democratic power.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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