How to Use for the common/public good in a Sentence

for the common/public good

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• Much of the data is shared publicly for the common good of the region.
  — Worth Sparkman, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
• In the end, someone has to make hard decisions for the common good.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
• Fire was a tool to be used for the common good rather than a disease to be eliminated.
  — Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
• In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
  — Big Think, 24 June 2024
• But governments could use the technology more for their own ends than for the public good.
  — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2025
• The key, instead, is to embrace it to fully understand it and learn to use it for the common good.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
• Cities broadly hold power to alter public streets and spaces for the public good.
  — Emily Badger, New York Times, 1 July 2023
• This is the true nobility of nature, as insects, birds and plants work for their own needs and for the common good.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
• Wilson Stallings, who has a long-haired dachshund at home, put her own preferences aside for the common good.
  — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• For the humanists, the good and wise ruler was able to draw on his skills in language to persuade people to act for the common good.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• These examples show that unions are a powerful force for the common good, which is sorely needed at this time.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• To leave some of the other things behind and to be an instrument, a promoter of all things good for the common good.
  — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
• That’s a life-giving posture that presumes some disagreements but also love for the common good.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 June 2021
• What struck Snider is how everyone involved is pulling together for the common good.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• We were built on the concept of people coming together to help one another for the common good.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 3 July 2021
• And more of that, Sablan argues, is not just what the design industry needs—but what the world needs as a whole for the common good.
  — Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful, 13 June 2022
• But the virtue of individualism doesn't take away our obligation to act for the common good.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
• There could come a day when we are asked to sacrifice a helluva lot more for the common good than uncomfortably high fuel prices.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2022
• Both stories are about a collective effort, a selfless effort, for the common good, for the good of all people on the planet.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2022
• No doubt Google wields enormous digital and political clout, and not always for the public good.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2020
• Thousands upon thousands fly in our skies legally and lawfully every single day doing all kinds of good things for the public good.
  — Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
• Plenty of his allies and followers have only contempt for the idea of sacrificing for the common good.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• Public education is for the public good and should be funded in a way that is fair for ALL of the state.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
• Solving the climate problem requires not just trust in science, but shared values and a will to collective action for the common good.
  — Adam H. Sobel, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
• To rechannel and reshape globalization for the common good, states will have to coordinate.
  — Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
• Political power is for those who want to do best for the common good, and gerrymandering is a tool to keep that from happening.
  — Erik Morse, Vogue, 30 May 2022
• How will your community, organization, or business be part of the ‘charge’ to boost solar for the common good of our country?
  — Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• After the world was torn apart by nationalism and conflict, countries agreed to sacrifice some aspects of their sovereignty for the common good.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
• One thing that will keep us on track is to project our voices, speak for the voices of those who cannot speak for themselves, and amplify our voices in synergy for the common good.
  — Tedd Vanadilok, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
• Our police force may not be perfect but there are so many men and women that have dedicated their lives for the public good who have honest and upright intentions.
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021