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Adjective
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Bartelt’s steady leadership and unselfish approach to the game put him among the best.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2025 -
That unselfish approach has been on display lately, with the Heat totaling 73 assists while shooting 58.1 percent from the field and 54.1 percent from three-point range over the last two games to win consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 25 and 27.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He was not dropped, as per reports, and instead had apparently made a selfless decision with his team needing victory to keep their World Test Championship hopes alive.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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His selfless acceptance of a position change this winter delivered a dilemma for the first time in more than a decade.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes, after working in a high-rise in New York City, selling luxury goods to the ultra-rich, people recognize that those same skills could be redirected toward something more altruistic.—
Andi Cross,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman Boq, an altruistic Munchkin student at Shiz University is smitten with Glinda while being the object of Nessarose’s affections.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
29 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Two years ago, when Barca also won the title there, the club’s euphoric players were chased down the tunnel by magnanimous home fans.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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In a magnanimous gesture, Monet allowed Ernest, Alice and their six children to move in with him, his wife and their two sons in Vétheuil, northwest of Paris.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For estate planners, CPAs, and financial advisors, the key takeaway is that tax tools should serve philanthropic intent, not drive it.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is the president of the New England Patriots Foundation, one of several philanthropic arms of the Kraft empire.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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The sets are more generous in size so sleeping in these might be akin to swimming in a pool of soft decadence.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
16 May 2025
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At work, that can be an effective way to share success stories and build a reputation as someone who is not only funny, but generous in sharing what worked.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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This allowed people to keep believing in a fundamentally benevolent government despite their experiences.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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There is, equally, a certain childish hope that Vuong’s reader will approach him with the benevolent incomprehension of a maternal figure.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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“Self-forgetful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-forgetful. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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