munificent

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Visor-wearing buzzards with farmer’s tans are circling the Saudi-backed league as the Kingdom considers terminating its munificent support of the lavish and comically irrelevant golf concern.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But, as Kalita pointed out to me, these efforts aren’t some munificent acts of benevolence that the privileged should pat themselves on the back for—they’re a moral obligation.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2021

But it is possible to imagine China exploiting that medicine as a domestic moneymaker, or as leverage over developing countries to whom it will play the munificent benefactor.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2020

On a recent visit to Ms. Catroux, occasioned by an exhibition based on a munificent donation she made of her wardrobe to the Yves Saint Laurent museum, we learned a thing or two.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2020

However, even the most munificent of tips lose their effect when a director of the company is on board and issues his orders.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie