generosity
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In contrast, Reform UK has oodles of cash thanks to the generosity of crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Her unwavering joy, her generosity to other people, her ability to find humor in nearly any situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Impoverished kids in the region "often don't have the money to buy those books, so it helps a lot of the community," she said of Parton's generosity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The voice, the songs, the smile, the wigs, the wit, the boundless energy, varied performances, unflagging generosity and palpable spirit of kindness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
I regretted my generosity before I’d even gone twenty paces.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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
“See already the new gravity in people’s faces, the generosities, the pacification of a thousand stupid squabbles——” “If you mean Carsonism,” said Boon, “it’s only sulking until it can cut in again.”
From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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