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benevolent

[buh-nev-uh-luhnt] / bəˈnɛv ə lənt /


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“Happy building!” the benevolent boy king of A.I. told the world.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

"It is the only alliance that, until now, had a major player behaving like a benevolent hegemon, one that did not impose its actions on others by force," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“My brother was a very benevolent, giving person who would help just about anybody,” Kurt’s brother, Peter Van Dyke, told the San Francisco Chronicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The myth imagines a benevolent planner; the reality looks much closer to a second-best market riddled with information frictions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

And we do further earnestly recommend it to all humane and benevolent persons in this Colony to explain and make known this our offer of mercy to those unfortunate people.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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