benevolent
Example Sentences
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The family assumes these blessings are the work of a benevolent forest spirit.
From Salon
Relying on a simplistic narrative of patriotism, religious faith, benevolent oligarchic rule and the restoration of lost national glory, Franco largely succeeded in fighting off the enormous social and cultural changes of the postwar decades.
From Salon
He said the general "could even be somewhat tender and benevolent".
From Barron's
Despite all the costs entailed in the transition, industrial technology and the market system accomplished what no benevolent king’s redistribution, no loving bishop’s charity, no mercantilist’s protectionism and no powerful guild ever did.
As author Stephanie Land points out, weaponized government assistance is the opposite of benevolent.
From Salon
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