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Recent Examples of magnanimous That led him to take a magnanimous position, even if that was not his intent. Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025 Kovac was magnanimous as his team lost 3-2 against Real Madrid in the quarterfinal of the Club World Cup on Saturday, conceding that the better team won the game, but also made important reflections about the conditions his players have endured during this tournament. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 6 July 2025 Spielberg spared no expense when casting Richard Attenborough in the iconic role of Jurassic Park's magnanimous founder, John Hammond. Huntley Woods, EW.com, 1 July 2025 This was especially magnanimous of Lander, who seems like a real mensch. Steven W. Thrasher june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for magnanimous
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Adjective
  • The noble notion of authorship itself.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • All the iconography and romanticism around the patriots’ noble cause can mask the contradictions of the era.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Oppenheim Group's latest agent didn't get off to a great start with fellow soap alum Chrishell Stause.
    Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • At great risk, Hamida disguises herself as a khes (a thick cotton cloth) seller and enters the house to plan with Lajo an escape route.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Chess pros from around the world have since praised Naroditsky as an honorable player who used his online platform to make chess more accessible.
    Corey Williams, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Despite being deceived, Stone, who dated Garfield for four years, conceded that the actor's dedication to the secret was honorable.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Cobra Kai star Tanner Buchanan readies for a STRONG Nation high-intensity workout class in Atlanta over the weekend.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This week, those effects point to cheaper short-term money, a debate about December, and a high premium on the Fed’s forward guidance.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.
    Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But the technological sublime exists in our world, too.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Magnanimous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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