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generous

[jen-er-uhs] / ˈdʒɛn ər əs /




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It is made by brushing butter onto a piping hot naan and sprinkling a generous amount of chopped garlic on it.

From BBC

Now firms are reluctant to accept meager returns—and lower performance-based compensation for employees—on companies they bought at generous valuations during the boom times.

From The Wall Street Journal

Palantir is too dependent on stingy government contracts and overly generous to its executives, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since its inception in the 1980s, surrogacy has been described by industry leaders and practitioners as an intimate gift to struggling parents from generous surrogates.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was spared execution when one of his captors took a second look at his face and recognized him as the generous schoolmate who used to share his lunch.

From Los Angeles Times