generous
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To be generous: That advice was not often heeded.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
She said the Bedford community "continues to be incredibly generous, but demand is growing faster than donations".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Local governments offered generous tax breaks and other incentives to help revitalize office districts and other downtrodden neighborhoods with these converted apartment towers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Their searching leads them to countless people, from journalists to police officials to a growing team of internet sleuths, who are compassionate and generous with their time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
“A makara. Crocodile jaw. Elephant trunk. Scales of fish. More generous than her face would suggest. The kappas, the makaras, the hippocamps—they are all starve-panicking. Krakens. There should be no krakens in these waters.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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