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as in contribution
a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution the town library stays open primarily through beneficences from concerned residents

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Recent Examples on the Web Calling this previously unknown substance a vitamin gave it a sheen of beneficence. Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024 Largely to combat this shaming and draw attention to U.S. beneficence and the peaceful application of nuclear energy, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace program dramatically reversed the U.S. policy of nuclear secrecy. Jeff D. Colgan, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022 And the private enterprises that committed vast sums to mollifying the activist class by parking DEI functionaries in sinecures within their human-resources departments began paring back their beneficence. The Editors, National Review, 16 May 2024 Such beneficence could take years, though, or might never come. Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beneficence 

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“Beneficence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beneficence. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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