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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

By 1908, Wilhelm’s attitude toward the U.S. was more benevolent, and he offered President Theodore Roosevelt an elite corps of Prussian soldiers to be posted in California, supposedly to fend off a Japanese invasion.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Sun Ra was a mythologist, in a very benevolent, deliberate, emancipative sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Instead, she monitored our moods and bore benevolent witness to whatever travails or triumphs a day might bring.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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