benevolently
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Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened hasn’t led to safe or positive outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The new lions are looking a tad ferocious rather than benevolently regal.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
The claims of inspiration suggest that France held power over its colony even in revolt, and that it alone was equipped to benevolently bestow freedom on the enslaved.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
"The View" also invited him on to benevolently instruct Meghan McCain on the canard of cancel culture.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2021
The flush suddenly deepened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in bottle-green viscose, lustrous with youth and skin food, plump, benevolently smiling.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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