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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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