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as in kindness
an act of kind assistance
self-effacing as well as selfless, he refused all public acknowledgement of his many benevolences to the community
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as in friendship
kindly concern, interest, or support
her benevolence towards her employees was such that she actually let one live in her home temporarily
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as in tenderness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
an actress who was admired for her benevolence as for her beauty
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Recent Examples of benevolence
For example, the U.S. occupation of the Philippines, which began in 1899, was sugarcoated in the rhetoric of benevolence.
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Giang Nguyen-Dien, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
No abstract concept, whether freedom, justice, equality, social harmony, Confucian benevolence, or even the dialectic of history, matters as much to Wang as the bare facts of authority, obedience, and order.
—Ryan Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2017
In fact, the representation of A.I. is almost sympathetic, suggesting the possibility that machines could learn grace and benevolence.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Such myths helped maintain a comfort with Black success that could still be traced back to white benevolence.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Giang Nguyen-Dien, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
No abstract concept, whether freedom, justice, equality, social harmony, Confucian benevolence, or even the dialectic of history, matters as much to Wang as the bare facts of authority, obedience, and order.
—Ryan Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2017
In fact, the representation of A.I. is almost sympathetic, suggesting the possibility that machines could learn grace and benevolence.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Such myths helped maintain a comfort with Black success that could still be traced back to white benevolence.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benevolence
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The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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One act of kindness and then to have that dream and that goal to be able to help others and do one step at a time to get there.Gabriel Kinder and Allie Torgan, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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In interviews, the two discussed their friendship, and the special included footage of them meeting for the first time in 2021.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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As truths unfold, their profound friendship offers transformation and awakens hope.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
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The record was praised for its intimacy and its thematic tenderness, with Lamar exploring his personal journey with therapy, his struggles with generational trauma, and the ways that trauma might be transferrable to his children.Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The combination of tenacity and tenderness, sensitivity and strength imbues his music with a generosity that evokes childhood wonder and adult complexity.Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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The drop-off service is available in Washington D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, New Jersey, Miami, and Boston.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
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After 120 years of service to the Dearborn community, Hackett-Metcalf Funeral Home is permanently closing its business.Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
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How does an actor convey this kind of go-for-broke generosity, a quality as elusive as a cloud floating across the sky?Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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There has been an extraordinary outpouring of generosity, from the most modest to the wealthiest, and [from] beyond France.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
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Had there been even a modicum of creativity and beneficence in the baseball offices abutting the Allegheny, the team could have had their cake and eaten it too.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nearly 5 million borrowers – also about 10% – have benefited from loan beneficence.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Gustavsson finally got the mercy pull after two periods (five goals on 26 shots) for Marc-Andre Fleury.Michael Russo, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Last year alone, SpaceX and Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer, had deals with 17 federal agences—organizations that, as Trump has proposed, are at the mercy of an outside review panel known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Even in humans, a smile does not always convey friendliness and joy.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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That kind of friendliness requires adopting the clichéd feel-goodery inherent in many group fitness classes.Mikala Jamison, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Benevolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benevolence. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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