largesse

Example Sentences

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“That largesse can be redeployed in the form of lower interest rates to support households and small and medium-size businesses.”

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Irma herself was one of the recipients of government largesse who started speaking up.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

And yet there’s something admirable in their scrappy monumentality, particularly during this time of Hollywood largesse for franchises and austerity for just about everything else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

It’s unfortunate that the driver of this BMW, the person who accepted such largesse from his relative, wants to be paid $1,500 from a friend who kindly cosigned his loan.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

The Garcías could not afford extras, and they did not want to put their hosts in the embarrassing position of having to spend money out of largesse.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez