generosity
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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
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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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