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Most of these efforts are well-intentioned.—Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 This measure may be well-intentioned, but intention is not enough, and it will probably be mismanaged, and for what?—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026 Much of the Church’s engagement with Big Tech stems from the belief that AI can bear good fruit—reducing poverty, curing illness, spreading literacy—so long as its developers and users are well-intentioned and careful.—Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026 The latter was proven to be well-intentioned but wrong.—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for well-intentioned