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be generous



VERB
shower
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


Example Sentences

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Realizing this helped me clarify my response to the prompt: Money allows me to be generous with my time and resources with the people I care about.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

With much of the GV70’s content carried over, the product planners could afford to be generous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Its judgments can be generous or harsh, but they are meant to be heard.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

“He can be generous, in love with lots of different women, that’s his personal life. But using taxpayers’ money, that is a different story,” she says.

From BBC • May 26, 2024

Tim was telling Abel about my date, and Abel decided to be generous.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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