Example Sentences

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He has been active philanthropically for years but historically has made gifts on an ad hoc basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

“The true agony is that Everton is a real community club. One that does so much work philanthropically for those in need in the city,” Bennett said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

But this isn’t profitable, and these organizations are all philanthropically backed.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2022

Like others in the Black elite, the philanthropically inclined Gloucesters used their money to influence causes, including abolition.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2022

A Pestalozzi could try experiments and exhort philanthropically inclined persons having wealth and power to follow his example.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John