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Recent Examples of well-meaning
Evidently, though, some well-meaning attempts to connect people with programs are falling flat.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Mental-health professionals and well-meaning advice dispensers all seem to encourage a retired life filled with service to others, and devoted to maintaining or strengthening social contacts.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
For Brian Tyree Henry playing the role of a messy but well-meaning ex-convict was oddly cathartic.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
Or did some well-meaning La Jollan on his or her daily constitutional happen to notice an Altoid tin tethered to a bike route sign, sigh in disbelief that people are such slobs and dispose of it as his or her civic duty?
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Mental-health professionals and well-meaning advice dispensers all seem to encourage a retired life filled with service to others, and devoted to maintaining or strengthening social contacts.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
For Brian Tyree Henry playing the role of a messy but well-meaning ex-convict was oddly cathartic.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
Or did some well-meaning La Jollan on his or her daily constitutional happen to notice an Altoid tin tethered to a bike route sign, sigh in disbelief that people are such slobs and dispose of it as his or her civic duty?
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-meaning
Adjective
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When a wage proposal this significant is combined with zero-premium healthcare and generous retirement contributions, there is no question who is responsible for this ongoing strike: Teamsters Local 25 and its president Tom Mari.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2025
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This is an excellent, strange little book that appeared in 2011 and had a profound impact on me, and apparently on Florence Welch who adorns the cover with a generous quote.—
Hattie Williams
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Joe Gatley, a cousin of Leonardi, said in an interview with WMUR that the victim was a very kindhearted and strong-willed person.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Cuco isn’t the most overpowering singer, but his airy, kindhearted falsetto works great playing off these delicate tracks, helmed by Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars producer Tom Brenneck.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Over the course of two seasons, the writing of the show and the actress performing the role turned the Grim Reaper into more of a caregiver who guides human souls to the beyond with a kind smile and empathic warmth.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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But Lana was her own person: an actor, a comedian, beloved by her family and friends, a kind, talented woman who volunteered weekly for the AIDS charity Project Angel Food during the 80s, a time when many people would barely say the word AIDS aloud.—
Meg Pillow
July 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Sandler, a one-time registered and politically active Republican, is conveying to his audience a traditional conservative message: A life well lived is not a solipsistic one that exalts the self but an altruistic one that places the interests of others above all else.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Invention is not inherently altruistic or even optimistic.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Good starters are made up of the unique mix of benevolent dictator (someone has got to keep things moving), a maestro (there are a million different things at play; the starter gets them all to hopefully harmonize) and friend.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
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The act was sealed in a pronouncement by Princess Isabel, who became a President Lincoln-like figure in Brazil, known to many as the benevolent white liberator of the enslaved.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Well-meaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-meaning. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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