mensch

noun

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as in stalwart

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Recent Examples of mensch This was especially magnanimous of Lander, who seems like a real mensch. — Steven W. Thrasher june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 My most vivid memory of that meal was that he was approached probably a half-dozen times by fans, and was warm and friendly to all of them, a true mensch. — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Cream heels by the mensch of all footwear designers, Stuart Weitzman. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024 So raise your kiddush cup to Adam Brody, the mensch with muscles who even managed to sweep Blair Waldorf off her feet. — Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mensch
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stalwart
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  • British indie film stalwart Raindance is launching Raindance Vertical, a one-day festival and financing market in London for vertical film and series.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Ground Floor Contemporary is an artist-run collective with studios in a building owned by art-scene stalwart Sara Garden Armstrong.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
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“Mensch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mensch. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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