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magnanimity

[mag-nuh-nim-i-tee] / ˌmæg nəˈnɪm ɪ ti /
NOUN
generosity
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By contrast, Starmer's been the model of magnanimity - offering Sarwar his "100%" support.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

In his ambition, Anderson advocates for movement and magnanimity over sitting and spewing, hooking his audience until the journey’s thrilling end, suggesting that the story’s conclusion might just be a brand new start.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025

Instead, he responded with joking faux magnanimity: “I try not to blame women on their own,” he said.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025

Yagman, whose past victories included establishing that lawyers cannot be sanctioned for making disparaging comments about their judges, showed uncharacteristic magnanimity in defeat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Touched, Bernard felt himself at the same time humiliated by this magnanimity—a magnanimity the more extraordinary and therefore the more humiliating in that it owed nothing to soma and everything to Helmholtz’s character.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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