benevolent

Example Sentences

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"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

And the federal government’s entry into migration sounds benevolent, but only one state had benevolent migration laws, and that was New York.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

In Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears’ film, a bear cub is cared for by a benevolent tree on a cliffside.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The Chinese and Irish formed benevolent societies to help new arrivals assimilate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The tax on the slave trade was dropped altogether, as was the seventh resolution, with its vague declaration of solidarity with the benevolent goals of the Quaker petitioners.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis