as in noble
having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature
a magnanimous donation to the town's animal shelter
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Recent Examples of magnanimous
The Wolf Pack were somewhat less magnanimous, turning the ball over just seven times, six of which came in the final 10 minutes when the game felt out of reach for the Broncos.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Dec. 2025
Be magnanimous and forgiving if others make a boo-boo.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025
Harrison is a little more magnanimous about the breakup, partly because his experience in the Modern Lovers prepared him for intra-band tumult.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Rowling wasn't so magnanimous when addressing the ideological split between her and Watson.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Dec. 2025
Be magnanimous and forgiving if others make a boo-boo.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025
Harrison is a little more magnanimous about the breakup, partly because his experience in the Modern Lovers prepared him for intra-band tumult.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Rowling wasn't so magnanimous when addressing the ideological split between her and Watson.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnanimous
Adjective
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Netflix's Bridgerton is a Regency-era series about the romantic follies of the noble Bridgerton family.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
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Values to be tested Its obsession is also unusual in an industry prone to mission drift, where tech companies are founded on noble notions of improving humanity — before the obligations to investors take over.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There’s also a 55% greater chance of obesity and a 40% higher probability of developing type 2 diabetes.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Punishing success is a great formula for losing the successful.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Though the art that first spoke to me was honest and honorable depictions of Black life, I have since been inspired, gutted and changed by artists from all walks of life.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Democratic Congressman Mike Thompson called LaMalfa an honorable public servant and recounted the two working together to deliver help for wildfire victims.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And the stakes were extremely high.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Under the bill, school districts can apply for reimbursement for any high-needs student for costs beyond $30,000 per student, with a maximum reimbursement of up to $100,000 per student.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Tilt and the gallant escort was replaced by a boy too traumatized to leave his mother’s side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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While Son of Hitler takes plenty of creative liberty when the titular character is recruited to assassinate his famous father for the Allies, the fate of the real-life Loret isn’t so gallant.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The movie’s vision is one of arrangements and connections, stylistic and textural clashes of hulking buildings, stark forms seen in distant vistas, sublime coincidences of collective energy thrumming from generation to generation in the simultaneity of the physical city’s chronological strata.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Your team looks sublime, indomitable even, a touch of the divine.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Magnanimous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimous. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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