How to Use make good in a Sentence

make good

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  • All of that - making good hires and then setting them up for success - takes time.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • And only around 20% of their energy and time can go towards making good films.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • Roses Whether zinnias and roses make good companion plants depends on your point of view.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But the president has done little to hide his frustration over his inability to make good on that pledge.
    Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • Monroe wore her wedding suit more than once Monroe made good use of her wedding suit before ever walking down the aisle.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • The Sri Lanka bowlers kept up pressure throughout the day, making good use of short-pitch bowling to limit the scoring.
    ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Strong architecture reduces noise, prevents avoidable errors and makes good decisions more frequent, even when the world is messy.
    Ahijah Ireland, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But a lot of us are also making good use of the 15 hours of audio that come with Spotify Premium.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 18 July 2026
  • Jurado said the temporary art park would make good use of land that has been fenced off and unused, but stressed that her office will ensure a transparent process for the long-term use of the lot.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • The government prohibits meth sales because society does not trust everyone to make good choices about such powerful, addictive drugs.
    Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
  • Musk also will be looking to make good on his company's promise of sometime in the years ahead launching a private human expedition to Mars orbit.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • Here’s hoping that Virtua Fighter Crossroads can make good on that impressive display of gratitude.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Baby carrots aren't just a marketing gimmick or a way to get kids to eat their vegetables—they were originally developed as a way to make good use of misshapen or imperfect carrots.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
  • This metric balances out the R&D Focus numbers, essentially giving a boost to those companies that make good use of their spending.
    Heather Newman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Norway made good use of their squad depth in the last 16 win over Brazil with Oscar Bobb and Andreas Schjelderup impactful in the second half.
    Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • And the startup couldn’t quite crack the market for professionals like marketers and salespeople because it wasn’t connected to their data and did not have the context needed to make good presentations.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The Italian brand, founded in 1895 and still family-run today, has always focused on making good coffee while staying relevant in current pop culture.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • While the children are still young, Kate, who has partnered with JonnyPops on the brand’s Magic of Kindness campaign, has made good manners a priority in her household.
    Genevieve Uzamere, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • Loosely tracing the hot burn of a new relationship, then the hollowing out of a betrayal and breakup, Emotional Junglist makes good on the promise of Silence Is Loud.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • YouTube has made good on a provision in a 2025 distribution agreement with NBCUniversal, launching the ad-free tier of Peacock on its channel store.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Firefighters were able to make good progress in furthering the fire’s containment due to better weather conditions Tuesday, the US Forest Service - Fishlake National Forest said in an update.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

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