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as in charitable
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
a civic leader who is very generous with his money and time
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as in plentiful
being more than enough without being excessive
mashed potatoes with a generous serving of butter
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as in generosity
the quality or state of being generous
many of the donations seemed to have been made more out of a nagging sense of guiltiness than in a true spirit of generousness
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Recent Examples of generous
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Indoors, six bedrooms offer generous en suites and ample space for family or guests, each thoughtfully positioned to maximize privacy and the stunning coastal vistas.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Dab the affected area with a generous amount of toothpaste and rub it gently into the stain.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Task is especially generous with its children and teens, allowing their faces to take up the frame, as Ruffalo’s and Pelphrey’s do, and their yearnings and fears to be voiced honestly and sincerely, as Tom’s and Robbie’s are.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Emery is more articulate than many, and debating the fairness of the current system is a worthy endeavour, but even that snippet was rooted in a generous interpretation of ‘good management’.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Indoors, six bedrooms offer generous en suites and ample space for family or guests, each thoughtfully positioned to maximize privacy and the stunning coastal vistas.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Dab the affected area with a generous amount of toothpaste and rub it gently into the stain.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Task is especially generous with its children and teens, allowing their faces to take up the frame, as Ruffalo’s and Pelphrey’s do, and their yearnings and fears to be voiced honestly and sincerely, as Tom’s and Robbie’s are.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Go for a scented candle, colorful leaves from around your neighborhood, your own plentiful cornucopia of pastries, or a small Pumpkin Bundt Cake—sky's the limit.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Why These Areas Lead AI shines where inputs are consistent, data is plentiful, and the work can be done at scale.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Though his interests were that of a pretty typical child — computing and gaming, playing the saxophone, enjoying soccer and time with his pets — he was also known for his acts of kindness and generosity.—
Lauren Costantino
September 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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But this in charity affects people’s generosity.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The area is a vast, rural, mountainous tract of forests with a political ethos that resembles Texas more than Los Angeles, San Francisco, the state capital of Sacramento, and other liberal Democratic environs.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The comments section of the New York Times, once the natural home of blithe, unexamined liberal Zionism, now abounds with people calling for a total suspension of military aid and diplomatic cover.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The soil will remain warm enough for good root growth for several weeks after the first fall frost, giving peonies ample time to build a new root system.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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The reintroduction team assumed most of the population would settle in the southern third of Indiana, where large reservoirs and river systems create ample habitat.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dan and Jennifer Gilbert have been powerful forces in metro Detroit philanthropy, including through their Gilbert Family Foundation.—
JC Reindl,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Education and health care have been the biggest recipients of billionaire philanthropy over the past decades.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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As for the name, it was inspired by what is now known as the South Carolina Society, a social and benevolent organization established in Charleston in 1737 by a French Huguenot named Elisha Poinsett.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Generous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generous. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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