be any good

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: to be useful or helpful
Would an apology be any good?

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Both require intense concentration, in order to be any good, and diligent practice, and both make use of imagination—which in tennis takes the form of anticipation—and creativity. Thomas Swick september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 Standard Digital Finally, there’s a regular digital screen, which may or may not be any good. Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 But could those meals, all neatly packaged in their segmented plastic trays, actually be any good? Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2025 But there’s a second and maybe even more important question that’s now looming: Will the record-breaking goal be any good? Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for be any good

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“Be any good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20any%20good. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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