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benevolence

[buh-nev-uh-luhns] / bəˈnɛv ə ləns /


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Many of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people have whined a lot in recent years about traditional media not being properly understanding of their companies’ brilliance and benevolence.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

It’s a kind of moral laundering, where so-called benevolence masks self-interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

There was a degree of benevolence in that ring.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

It’s a tale about how both benevolence and violence reverberate across generations, almost inescapably.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

There was a stunning vitality to him, as though he breathed all the world’s air and only left enough for others by sheer benevolence.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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