good people

noun

US, informal + old-fashioned
: an honest, helpful, or morally good person
I like him; he's good people.

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The whole week was a reminder that good people and good art make the world go ‘round. Essence, 23 Oct. 2025 There is, quite frankly, not a lot going on in this part of Englewood — great area, good people, but an art desert. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025 Not loving America is not doing anything while good people are rounded up in the streets of America, and children are zip-tied. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 Maybe good people could now enter their lives. Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for good people

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“Good people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20people. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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