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adjective

beneficent

doing or producing good

In a sentence

Six example sentences with beneficent, each labelled with its topic.

  • Mill argued that a truly beneficent act asks nothing back, measuring itself only by the suffering it actually relieves.

    Philosophy

  • The company's beneficent side, free clinics for supplier families, outlasted three chief executives who each tried to cut it.

    Business

  • Victorian mill owners built libraries and bathhouses for workers, a beneficent gesture that also kept the factory floor quiet.

    History

  • The restored wetland proved beneficent in ways nobody had planned, cooling the town and filtering the river.

    Environment

  • Dickens fills his novels with beneficent strangers who appear at the last moment with money and kindness.

    Literature

  • Some economists argue that free trade is beneficent for both countries, though the gains land unevenly.

    Economics

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