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generosity

[jen-uh-ros-i-tee] / ˌdʒɛn əˈrɒs ɪ ti /


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Though not a stylist, he writes with lucidity, generosity and wit; the common reader will enjoy the book quite as well as the scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"There's a new balance to find between desirability, scarcity and generosity," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

It can be all too easy to conflate generosity of spirit with financial largesse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

There is no particular virtue in refusing yourself the same generosity at dinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

People were drawn to Fischer’s energy and generosity, his absence of guile, his almost childlike enthusiasm.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

These gestures and generosities were things only her friends could tell you about.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

If you’ve got nothing left in reserve for even the smallest generosities — no judgment here, there’s been a lot of “… everything” — then start with micro-generosity to yourself.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

The small generosities, the willingness to listen, the empathy, lightening the mood with … let’s face it, some pretty silly jokes.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

In one of his more notable generosities back in Washington, he purchased copies of Joseph Mitchell’s Up in the Old Hotel for the entire staff.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 13, 2015

There were other generosities, more difficult to return in kind; candy, automobile drives, hothouse flowers, the latter evidently meant for the grave where Mary Darcy lay among strangers.

From Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly




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