nonmaterialistic

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Recent Examples of nonmaterialistic His dad was a jack-of-all-trades, contentedly nonmaterialistic. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmaterialistic
Adjective
  • That’s our girl, never doing anything truly altruistic.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The actress, model, and singer portrayed the altruistic dreamer Lani McKenzie on season 8 of the action series, which centered on the exploits of a group of Los Angeles County lifeguards.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Springer is an unselfish, and true team player.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Sutton has morphed into a solid team captain, remaining an unselfish leader.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The extra subsidies are especially generous for this group.
    Elena Shao, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But the Stranahans, who owned 10 acres of land in total, were equally generous with their land.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And then there were huge, selfless sacrifices made by his parents, such as the trip the family took to the US.
    Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For Hindus, Diwali is also a time for dana (charitable giving) and seva (selfless service), according to the Hindu American Foundation.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Rowling wasn't so magnanimous when addressing the ideological split between her and Watson.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • See that magnanimous future awaiting you?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Swift danced her way through 149 sets in 22 countries and thanked her crew with munificent bonuses totaling $197 million.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The white middle class absconded to the suburbs in droves, seriously depleting a once munificent tax base.
    Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
Adjective
  • But opposing defense spending, including the troop pay authorized by the legislation, would create bad optics and the latest attack line for Republicans to paint their liberal colleagues as obstructionists.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That was under a government led by the founders of the state, and much lionized by liberal Zionists.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 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

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

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