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Recent Examples of magnanimous The Queen’s singular importance—constitutional, historical, psychological—is the subject of Brown’s book, which, like an earlier book on her younger sister, Princess Margaret, depicts the monumental figure at its center with magnanimous levity. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Trump’s public personality is as abrasive as Reagan’s was genial, as vindictive as Reagan’s was magnanimous. Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 In a video posted to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, Parton announced the casting call and explained the auditioning process as clips from all stages of her magnanimous career played. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Paula was such a magnanimous and spectacular personality, and so warm and kind. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for magnanimous 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnanimous
Adjective
  • Where to stay: Patria Palace Book now: Patria Palace Located in the heart of Lecce’s centro storico, just steps from the Basilica di Santa Croce, this 58-room boutique hotel occupies an 18th-century noble palace.
    Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
  • As the nation mourns the demise of this noble humanitarian and tributes pour in from all over the world, the differences between the qualities and attributes of the 39th President and the incoming 47th President are stark and undeniable.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s no on-site restaurant, but great food is near.
    Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The disparity is even greater with respect to people serving the longest sentences.
    Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Their legacy and honorable service to our Nation will forever remain.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
  • This only further confirmed to me that Justin and Wayfarer are exceedingly honorable and highly ethical.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Canadian-American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Imax total is $63.9M; after only 12 days of release, Ne Zha 2 is already the format’s highest grossing local language release of all time.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But at the very end, America's Democratic majority came home to Carter in a late surge that flooded polling places in party strongholds across the nation and stopped Ford's gallant comeback just short of victory.
    Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The Bears had mounted a gallant comeback in the second half against the best team in football and were in a position to tie the score with a field goal or win the game with a touchdown.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • No one does anything in these paintings except turn their back on the viewer and stare forlornly at the world in all its sublime majesty, which Friedrich suggests is a mirror for the world within.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Luminous writing tempers this memoir of an arduous trail with moments of sublime beauty.
    The Know, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Magnanimous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimous. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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