benevolent
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"It is the only alliance that, until now, had a major player behaving like a benevolent hegemon, one that did not impose its actions on others by force," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
He’s a mostly benevolent tyrant, but his crotchety side can get ugly and he’s not always in control of his temper.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
And the federal government’s entry into migration sounds benevolent, but only one state had benevolent migration laws, and that was New York.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
The myth imagines a benevolent planner; the reality looks much closer to a second-best market riddled with information frictions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Copernicus’s universe was no longer Earth-centred, but it was still Earth-friendly, and there was no reason to think it was not the product of benevolent design.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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