generous
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Australia's tax code has "generous" provision for energy companies, says Samantha Hepburn, a professor at Deakin University specialising in natural resource law.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Almost always comes an incalculably generous reward: a smile and a greeting returned.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Vigorous, playful and charmingly generous, he became fast friends with most of the talented artists around him, such as Martin Johnson Heade and Jervis McEntee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Still, budget watchdogs argue that subsidies are too generous and the system disproportionately benefits large farms, which entrenches consolidation in agriculture.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
“A makara. Crocodile jaw. Elephant trunk. Scales of fish. More generous than her face would suggest. The kappas, the makaras, the hippocamps—they are all starve-panicking. Krakens. There should be no krakens in these waters.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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