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Six example sentences with magnanimous, each labelled with its topic.
In a magnanimous gesture after the buzzer, the losing coach crossed the floor to praise the rookie who eliminated him.
Basketball
The magnanimous founder let her former partner keep the client list after the split, wishing the new firm well.
Business
Magnanimous in victory, the general returned the defeated city's library rather than shipping its manuscripts home as spoils.
History
Her concession speech was magnanimous, praising her opponent's campaign and urging her own supporters to help him succeed.
Politics
The tournament winner was magnanimous, spending the whole interview explaining how close her opponent had come to beating her.
Gaming
When the rival app shut down, the founder was magnanimous, offering its stranded users free accounts and its engineers interviews.
Startups
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