a good deal

idiom

: a lot : much
Things could be a good deal worse.

Examples of a good deal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web New and used records, CDs and books are neatly displayed along the walls and in the stacks, and shoppers looking for a good deal are invited to dig through the $1 bins. Catherine Garcia, theweek, 22 Apr. 2024 If the person McCoy picked would make a good deal with the Banker — meaning accepting an offer of higher value than what's in their case — the person would get to pick who to eliminate. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024 And in fact, a good deal of publicly available information suggests that Israel has done so. Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024 The popular former Governor developed a national brand over his ambivalence toward Trump, and carries a good deal of goodwill from Democrats. Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 May 2024 But that 10% off discount code or free shipping coupon that seems like a good deal is oftentimes just a ploy to separate Americans from their money. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 May 2024 The Ram Dass lectures took their place in his library of unorthodox thinkers, which had long embraced Ralph Abraham, a professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, who was not only an expert on chaos theory and psychedelic shamanism but had spent a good deal of time living in a cave in the Himalayas. Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024 That’s a good deal for a player who led the NFL in rushing in 2019 and 2020, when he was named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year. Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2024 Red Lobster launched the promotion as consumers were on the hunt for a good deal, said Jim Salera, a research analyst at Stephens who tracks the restaurant industry. Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024

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“A good deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20good%20deal. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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