as in services
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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According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
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Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
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Too many organizations still handle these carelessly, with credentials baked into code, privileges that are far too broad, secrets shared across systems, or tokens that live forever.
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What’s more, criminal convictions and restrictions on doctors’ hospital privileges are nowhere to be found, despite state law requiring the information be publicly available.
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In reality, good nutrition depends on allowing occasional indulgences and practicing sustainable habits consistently over time.
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The Idol was unafraid of musical interludes or Tesfaye’s bizarre indulgences.
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Post set the gold standard for manners and social behavior for generations of Americans, social graces still valued and taught today.
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Their authors also each humble characters who cling to superficial social graces in an attempt to evade abjection.
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Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.
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With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.
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Then His unveiled, sweet mercies show Life’s burdens light.
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“Benevolences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benevolences. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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