generous
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Add a bowl of whipped butter and a dish of good olive oil and you’ve created the sort of opening course that feels improbably generous for the cost.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
There are a number of weird swerves in this generous, if convoluted, offer from your relative.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Cather’s generous pioneer tableau represented, to borrow her words, “the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
In a city still struggling with affordability, homelessness, sprawl, and social fragmentation, his work and his spirit are reminders to be more generous.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
He is graceful and generous, effortlessly charming, an aid to any party.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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