generosity
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Appeared in the February 6, 2026, print edition as 'An IRS Policy That Discourages Generosity'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Generosity is always its own reward, but in the U.S., there are also tax advantages to giving—if you follow the complicated rules.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025
Generosity — and I don’t like using that word — has been an enormous benefit to the societies that have done it.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2023
"Generosity is not only a value expressed in a transactional way, but really in the way we treat our fellow humans in every interaction, every day of our lives."
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022
Generosity radiated off of him, and he seemed to have a facility with everyone and everything.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing generosity
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