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
  • Maybe some people just come wired with an altruistic personality?
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
  • However, Ukraine’s European allies do not see arming Ukraine as altruistic or something deserving of gratitude.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Mar. 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
  • With the generous windfall, consider becoming your own boss.
    ESSENCE Lifestyle, Essence, 5 Mar. 2025
  • At 80, Gaines has eyes that are clear and discerning, his generous and direct demeanor giving away his decades-long experience as an educator.
    Meka Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
  • While the owner is thankful for Frank's selfless act of caring for her bestie's babies, the house isn't the same without Thunder.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Her communications with Justin Baldoni were nothing but kind, grateful, and magnanimous.
    Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But Jones, 56, was game — and refreshingly magnanimous about Shapiro’s success.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 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
  • The liberal economic reforms spearheaded by President Javier Milei have sent ripples through global financial markets, attracting both optimism and skepticism.
    Gianluca Sidoti, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Only his charitable contributions were signed and dated, said Lanham, his business partner.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Nonmaterialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmaterialistic. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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