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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benignant
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
  • 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
  • Although the idea didn’t garner enough support 44 years ago, the current political climate makes conditions more favorable.
    Fred L. Pincus, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
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
  • 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
  • The long gap between seasons has not been kind to the show, which returned way down in the ratings this past fall.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Holly Marie Combs has nothing but kind words for the young Pretty Little Liars cast — and a couple of digs at her twentysomething self.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • One helpful feature of Enpass Business is automatic offboarding.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
  • If a particular type of content leaves someone feeling anxious or upset, that’s a helpful signal to consume less of it and even block those who create that kind of online work.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Shares in Newsmax, the cable TV news outlet known for its sympathetic coverage of Donald Trump, soared more than 700% on their first day of trading.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Since June, a group of American and Israeli-born Jews have been meeting every few weeks in New York for a salon-style series of talks that include the perspectives of Palestinians, and of Jews sympathetic to their cause.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • On the bright side, healthy lifestyle choices, such as a good diet and regular exercise, offer even greater heart health protection for women.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 2 Apr. 2025
  • There is a good chance for strong, isolated supercell thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and a couple of strong tornadoes to develop across parts of north-central Oklahoma and south-central Kansas, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Benignant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benignant. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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