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Recent Examples of openhanded After the Democrat prominently backed Vice President Kamala Harris for president during the campaign, Polis has adopted a more openhanded posture toward the incoming Republican administration. Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025 The price tag for the expansion is $450 million, more than $200 million of which comes from the estate of David Rockefeller, MoMA’s most openhanded donor, who died in 2017 at age 101. Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for openhanded
Adjective
  • Since then, she’s benefitted from the generous and spot-on counsel of dozens of smart people in government, the media, and in other circles.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The generous battery keeps podcasts alive for a full travel day, and a ten‑minute quick top‑up grants four extra hours before boarding.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Cost is $20 per person with proceeds benefiting the club’s charitable causes.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Openhanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/openhanded. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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