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the quality or state of being generous
a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby
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Recent Examples of generosity
This generosity fosters goodwill and creates opportunities for individuals to participate in our mission.
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Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The moon’s connection with Venus inspires generosity.
—USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
In the past ten years, the night has evolved from an intimate dinner to a significant date on the New York City advent calendar—this is the first year that Mulligan and Mumford decided to share images anywhere—but the original spirit of Wassail, and its generosity, remains entirely intact.
—Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
While the sheer volume of generosity captured in a single day is staggering, Giving Tuesday is more than just an excuse to spin up a fundraising campaign.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The moon’s connection with Venus inspires generosity.
—USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
In the past ten years, the night has evolved from an intimate dinner to a significant date on the New York City advent calendar—this is the first year that Mulligan and Mumford decided to share images anywhere—but the original spirit of Wassail, and its generosity, remains entirely intact.
—Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
While the sheer volume of generosity captured in a single day is staggering, Giving Tuesday is more than just an excuse to spin up a fundraising campaign.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generosity
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Fleming underscored the significant role of private philanthropy in the U.S., citing luxury brands’ contributions and her own institution’s foundation based on J. Paul Getty’s legacy.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 15 Dec. 2024
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The spirit of philanthropy is contagious and begins with each of us to create better communities.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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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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Mackenzie had earned a reputation for piety, patriotism, lack of humor and liberality with the lash.Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
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All the states Lauck writes about benefited from the liberality of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.Phil Christman, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
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“Generosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generosity. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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