for good and for ill
idiom
: in good ways and in bad ways
After the war, the country was changed, for good and for ill.
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The less that governments stand in their way, the more techno-utopians will be able to shape the evolution of a new world order, for good and for ill.
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Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
But this is the way the game is usually played, for good and for ill.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
But that blockchain ledger system came at an enormous privacy cost: In Bitcoin, for good and for ill, everyone was a witness to every payment.
—Andy Greenberg, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
Like his other great performances, the scene relies on finding the unfamiliar, the strange, and the unexpected in a role, for good and for ill.
—Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
Because Ahsoka could not more blatantly be a sequel to Rebels, for good and for ill.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
Some of us internalize our pain, while others find ways to channel it out into the world, for good and for ill.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
All the darlings have survived, resulting in a show that has had to expand itself to accommodate them, for good and for ill.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
Writing in 1929, Hartlaub considered all that his term had come to represent in Germany, for good and for ill.
—A.j. Goldmann, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
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Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
But this is the way the game is usually played, for good and for ill.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
But that blockchain ledger system came at an enormous privacy cost: In Bitcoin, for good and for ill, everyone was a witness to every payment.
—Andy Greenberg, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
Like his other great performances, the scene relies on finding the unfamiliar, the strange, and the unexpected in a role, for good and for ill.
—Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
Because Ahsoka could not more blatantly be a sequel to Rebels, for good and for ill.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
Some of us internalize our pain, while others find ways to channel it out into the world, for good and for ill.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
All the darlings have survived, resulting in a show that has had to expand itself to accommodate them, for good and for ill.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
Writing in 1929, Hartlaub considered all that his term had come to represent in Germany, for good and for ill.
—A.j. Goldmann, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
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“For good and for ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20good%20and%20for%20ill. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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