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Recent Examples of beneficent Extinction’s beneficent side puts us in an awkward, even discomforting position. Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024 Have yourself a most joyous Fastnacht, and all hail the beneficent Mothman. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2024 The Virgin looks warily to her right, as if to protect the child seated on her lap, who is turned to the left and raises one hand in beneficent blessing. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 Both center-left and center-right in the West coalesce around calls for more porous borders, freer trade, and open minds, calling them either inevitable or beneficent, or more often both at once. R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018 See All Example Sentences for beneficent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficent
Adjective
  • Snow White was born into a kingdom on the edge of a forest, where happiness flourishes under the benevolent King (Hadley Fraser) and Queen (Lorena Andrea).
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
  • When thinking about quintessential Southern attributes, qualities like hospitable, benevolent, and polite come to mind.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
  • By structuring a sale through a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT), business owners can reduce taxes, generate a lifetime income stream and ultimately leave a charitable legacy—while also ensuring their heirs receive an equivalent inheritance through life insurance.
    Jamie Farmer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • It's been very beneficial in solving and helping solve cases recently.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Eating healthy helps too, so access to Georgia’s training table during the past few years has been beneficial.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • What’s more, a child facing the same post-pandemic anxieties in such a district might encounter punitive measures rather than compassionate intervention.
    Elizabeth Austin, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Nancy Stanwood, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, said the organization is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to all patients.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Rather than ‘doing good’ with a one-time injection of funds, this model allows philanthropic capital to regenerate over time.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The idea is simple: philanthropic capital can jump-start projects, and federal funding could eventually help scale it nationwide.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • As the Trump administration continues to pursue a deal to end the war in Ukraine — one that may end up being more favorable to Moscow than Kyiv — Europeans, for the first time in decades, are focusing on their own military might.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Which Films Are the Most Popular? When the experts looked at user ratings on IMDb, a different picture emerged: On a scale of 1 to 10, with one being least favorable and 10 being most favorable, films with a Man in a Hole plot performed 0.19 points worse than Rags to Riches stories.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This is how we’re introduced to the story of Snow White’s parents, two kind, generous rulers who long for a child and are thrilled by their daughter’s arrival.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Aquarius: Doc Doc is the kind and sympathetic leader of the dwarves, who encourages everyone to let Snow White stay with them.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. CNN — The future of Ukraine.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Potential longevity benefits Studies suggest that calorie restriction (without malnutrition) may promote longevity by reducing oxidative stress (an imbalance of harmful free radicals and helpful antioxidants) and inflammation.4 5.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Beneficent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficent. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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