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largesse

[lahr-jes, lahr-jis] / lɑrˈdʒɛs, ˈlɑr dʒɪs /












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Several factors contributed to largesse for Zaslav, who has been running the debt-laden company for four years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“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

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

It’s four stories of gray stone with a double wooden entryway, the kind of basic place I could afford to live if I weren’t subsidized by my aunt’s largesse.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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