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Recent Examples of beneficent Plus, a lot of social policies that many Californians consider beneficent and broad-minded that, to put it mildly, others around the country consider much less so. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025 The culmination of Roosevelt’s beneficent framing of the canal’s construction came during the spectacular world’s fair, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in 1915 to celebrate the canal’s opening. Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025 White male Christian authority could posture as gracious and beneficent as long as it was unquestioned. Rebecca Solnit january 13, Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2021 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
  • As Sergio uncovers that the village’s devotion to Matteo is far from benevolent, his attempt to rescue the boy known as the Angel of Remis ignites the community’s vengeful nature.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jesus and Belania shriek and thank Christian, who stands there looking like a benevolent fashion angel bestowing them with good luck.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • OpenAI’s partnerships with major companies and its plans to change its corporate structure have drawn the scrutiny of regulators, including the attorneys general of California and Delaware, who oversee charitable organizations that operate or are incorporated in their states.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The defense then played an 11-minute video highlighting Combs’ charitable work and life as a father of seven.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One review found that saffron treatment was beneficial for sleep duration and quality.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
  • According to Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine, eating with your hands is hygienic (after having washed your hands, of course) and beneficial to your senses and digestion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • We are honored to spotlight a community that not only faced an unprecedented disaster but emerged with a stronger, more compassionate spirit.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • TikTokers were quick to praise Coco for his empathy and Cruz for raising such a compassionate pup.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • My parents are deeply philanthropic people, too, from a poor West African country.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
  • ALL of this is a LONG way from a kid from Southfield who began his entrepreneurial and philanthropic journey leading a group of his childhood friends in a few startups including one that sold candy.
    Carol Cain, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Its surveys vary in their findings across time and can be either favorable or unfavorable to the government.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite the genre's themes, horror fans describe their community as kind, open-minded, and welcoming.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Hearing so many kind words this rapidly leaves Kalkbrenner grateful.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says more than 66,000 people have been killed — about half of them women and children — and humanitarian agencies now warn of famine.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Malnutrition crisis The ongoing conflict, along with a lack of adequate aid, has led to thousands of malnourished Gazans, according to humanitarian organizations.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Beneficent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficent. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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