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Recent Examples of eleemosynary Grace LeBay plays a precocious teenage granddaughter, Echo, who is a National Spelling Bee champ, winning with the word eleemosynary, from where the play gets its title. Joan Rusek, cleveland.com, 5 Aug. 2017
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Adjective
  • These are not philanthropic gestures.
    Olivier Wenden, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the video produced by the defense, Combs is seen with his children, praying and engaging in philanthropic work.
    NBC News, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The project is administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 17 Oct. 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, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Recipients span a wide range of fields, including politics, public service, the arts, science, civil rights, journalism, and humanitarian work.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Eleemosynary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eleemosynary. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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