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Recent Examples of benevolent With a benevolent billionaire in the governor’s office, a Democratic supermajority in the statehouse and a willing partner in City Hall, there has never been a better opportunity to right the past wrongs of racial discrimination. Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 Mutual growth is on the table when the Cancer moon teams up with benevolent Jupiter. Usa Today, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025 Patton Oswalt voices Doodad, a benevolent wizard joining Deathstalker on his journey. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025 CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive. Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for benevolent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benevolent
Adjective
  • The most compassionate and giving Doves know when to stand in their power and prioritize themselves.
    Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • How The Mind Architect Redefines Success Crone’s brand voice is characterized by intellectual rigor, compassionate understanding, and unwavering empowerment.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Frassati, another young Italian man known for his charitable heart who died at the age of 24 from polio and lived in the early 1900s, is also being canonized on Sept 7 at a ceremony at the Vatican.
    Lauren Costantino September 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Through charitable games, Lackey said the department has raised more than $100,000 to support firefighters and their families.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There's fanfare and unique vendors at every corner, so embrace the journey and be kind to others while shopping, both vendors and other shoppers.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Continuing the Scandinavian stereotype, the Finnish community is similarly kind and welcoming to visitors.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Funding remains limited, often coming in small donations from philanthropic groups.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The group is celebrating its 100-year anniversary as one of the oldest philanthropic social groups in Carlsbad.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With its buzzy energy and sympathetic — if bumbling — criminals, Lumet withholds crucial information from the viewer until the final portion of the film.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The original novel includes material that’s sympathetic to the aims of the women’s movement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Antoine Gérard, the UN's deputy humanitarian co-ordinator for Sudan, told the BBC that the exact death toll from the landslide is currently unknown as the location of the village is difficult to reach.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ten percent of all sales at that time will go to the humane society.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Safdie’s direction balances the brutality of the ring w/ a humane & heartfelt narrative.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Or, head over to Dutchman’s Seafood, aka The Dutchie, for generous filets of local sole and Skuna Bay salmon with views of Morro Rock.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Curved walls, brass accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows frame a generous living space—complete with a dining table that arcs like a ship’s keel and a cocktail-ready bar that glows at night.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Benevolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benevolent. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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