benevolent
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"On the undisputed facts it was, at least in part, a benevolent public health programme with the aim of saving lives."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
With this intimate, painful epiphany, the show’s larger parable about obligingly submitting to ahistorical ignorance is blunted with a spiritually benevolent ideal.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Here they feel more like vaguely benevolent interstellar therapists trying to help humanity get its act together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
But he maintained that such a benevolent realm could only be ruled effectively by a wise king exercising sole authority, free of parliamentary constraints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
A benevolent deity could thus be shown to have created both the universe and humankind.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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