nonmaterialistic

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Recent Examples of nonmaterialistic His dad was a jack-of-all-trades, contentedly nonmaterialistic. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmaterialistic
Adjective
  • However, the deeper motivations driving Musk’s involvement are unlikely to be purely altruistic.
    Allison Stanger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Sweeping changes to companies DEI efforts impact local businesses 02:06 Corporate DEI programs aren't altruistic, experts emphasize, pointing to at least some empirical evidence showing that such efforts can help companies adapt to change, support innovation and even boost the bottom line.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Her unfussy, unselfish industry regularly inspires murmurs of applause from the crowd during home matches at Walton Hall Park, an admiration for the simpler graces.
    Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • While the Panthers had three players in double figures and seven players score overall, Hendrix liked the fact his team was unselfish on the offensive end.
    Jeff Halpern Special to the Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The benefits of shopping for Shark tools at Nordstrom include a generous return policy and access to steep discounts during the retailer’s Anniversary Sale.
    Claire Sullivan, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
  • News Of The Week Forbes released its annual list of America’s most generous philanthropists this month, and the lifetime giving of the nation’s top 25 philanthropists through December 30, 2024 rose to $241 billion–$30 billion more than last year’s total.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Humble, selfless, confident, brave, an encyclopedia of knowledge and experience about the 20th century until now.
    Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Insisting a relative stranger get into her car to catch their last train home is perhaps the purest distillation of the selfless and protective instinct for which she is known on the pitch.
    Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But Eras Tour vets, while your boss might be magnanimous, might be best to find a good sports bar.
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • And unlike the last time, when the usual characters like Anna Wintour can only throw darts versus being magnanimous like President Trump is, our GREAT first lady will shine SO brightly with all her critically important initiatives.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The white middle class absconded to the suburbs in droves, seriously depleting a once munificent tax base.
    Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Testing these munificent vehicles took us not only to DaimlerChrysler's proving grounds but also to our beloved collection of paved curves, whoop-de-dos, and foot-to-the-floor straightaways in southeastern Ohio's Hocking Hills.
    Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Marianne Boruch Old Passports a poem James Walton Centrist Dads Unreformed The vast social world of Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel is designed to pose a challenge to good liberal values.
    The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2025
  • There is now a four-to-three liberal majority on the court, but Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, a liberal who has sat on the court since 1995, is retiring, putting the court’s majority on the ballot.
    Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • These might include harvesting and offsetting gains and losses, charitable gifts to offset gain, charitable remainder trusts to defer the taxable gain on diversification, exchange funds, and so forth.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • And, who knows, one of those bricks might lay the foundation for more charitable actions.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Nonmaterialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmaterialistic. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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