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
  • The negative version of his altruistic Sentry self.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • These altruistic gestures can create deeper connections and promote a cycle of mutual support.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For years, the Nuggets were the anti-NBA team, a locker room’s tone set by an unselfish star in Jokic who never cared about the credit — or the spotlight.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Ismaila Sarr and Daniel Munoz enjoyed several counter-attacks down Brighton’s left side together, only for both to be unselfish and pass when perhaps better placed to shoot instead.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, she’s benefitted from the generous and spot-on counsel of dozens of smart people in government, the media, and in other circles.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The generous battery keeps podcasts alive for a full travel day, and a ten‑minute quick top‑up grants four extra hours before boarding.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Stop your relentless war on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that ignore the brave and selfless past and present sacrifices of countless Americans. Donald, STOP!
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • But where Noem’s glamour carries troubling notes of vanity for her critics, Leavitt’s motherhood can be positioned as selfless, traditional, Americana.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In a magnanimous gesture, Monet allowed Ernest, Alice and their six children to move in with him, his wife and their two sons in Vétheuil, northwest of Paris.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
  • As the sun harmonizes with magnanimous Jupiter, optimism attracts opulence!
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Swift danced her way through 149 sets in 22 countries and thanked her crew with munificent bonuses totaling $197 million.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Leading the charge for the religious parents was lawyer Eric Baxter, who got a grilling from the court's three liberal justices.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The court’s three liberal justices all vigorously challenged the parents’ request in the case, seeing opt-out rights as a slippery slope.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Cost is $20 per person with proceeds benefiting the club’s charitable causes.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Nonmaterialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmaterialistic. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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