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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was a magnanimous gesture on their part.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A magnanimous gesture from the founders of the Open Software Foundation is needed now to heal any lingering breeches in the industry.
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At second hand we could have enjoyed the thrill of dangerous living or shown magnanimous sympathy with the victims of oppression.
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In a magnanimous fit of estate planning, Cook elects to divide the farm between his three daughters.
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Instead he was extremely magnanimous towards Anna which irritated her further, and made her repulsed by everything to do with him.
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It was representative of the whole day: accomplished speakers chased answers to magnanimous questions.
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Mr Clinton is likely to be magnanimous in his attitude to Mr Major.
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Mrs Aquino now has to decide whether she should be magnanimous in victory or punish those behind the mutiny.
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This might seem excessively saintly and magnanimous .