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  • s  very generous
    a munificent gift
    his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent

  • He had a munificent salary, a big house, an enviable position in society but he gave it all up for his love for working with the slum children.
  • The shock arose less from the apparent stupidity of Phoenix's death than from the stanching of both a munificent acting gift and a winning screen personality.
  • The Achaemenid kings, who built their majestic capital at Persepolis, were exceptionally munificent for their time.
Quotes

  • Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in Reuters
    From now on we announce the call to shed the blood of the Lars who dared to insult our Prophet ...... and during this munificent month we announce an award worth $100,000 to the person who kills this infidel criminal,Baghdadi said in the...
  • Kevin Starr in LA Observed (blog)
    Schwarzenegger and the Republicans have forced a renegotiation of the social contract that has long existed in California of munificent social spending and public-union compensation,Starr tells Barron's. "As a bellwether, California...

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