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as in friendship
kindly concern, interest, or support
the long tradition of goodwill that exists between the United States and Canada
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as in willingness
cheerful readiness to do something
took on the task of coaching the soccer team with lots of zeal and goodwill
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Recent Examples of goodwill
Those presidents who left office with high approval ratings (Eisenhower, Reagan, and Clinton, despite the latter's second-term impeachment) enjoyed decades of public goodwill.
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Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
At least two people were killed and about 20 injured when a Mexican Navy training ship on a global goodwill tour struck the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Saturday night, officials said.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Multiple countries, including India, have sped up license approvals for Starlink to try to build goodwill in tariff negotiations with the Trump administration, the Post reported.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 15 May 2025
Its purpose is simple: to make global commerce dependent on its goodwill.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
At least two people were killed and about 20 injured when a Mexican Navy training ship on a global goodwill tour struck the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Saturday night, officials said.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Multiple countries, including India, have sped up license approvals for Starlink to try to build goodwill in tariff negotiations with the Trump administration, the Post reported.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 15 May 2025
Its purpose is simple: to make global commerce dependent on its goodwill.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goodwill
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The lounge space — accounting for about 10% of the building — is intended to build community and friendships which UConn believes is essential to academic success.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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For example, developing social skills builds leadership, friendship, social comfort, and peer relationship skills.—
Davon Loeb,
Parents,
7 June 2025
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Such a life of snippets from childhood to young adulthood shows the initial foundation of a journey driven by great wine and fantastic food, shared in an atmosphere of generosity and wonderment.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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His integrity and generosity of spirit touched everyone who had the privilege to work with him.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
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Ring In 2017, a study in the journal Science Advances concluded this friendliness may have been a result of genetic changes over an extended period of time.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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This isn’t the kind of spa where employees avoid your eyeline or won’t greet you in the hallways for fear of interrupting your inner peace, and this genuine friendliness comes as a welcome surprise in the often-intimidating heart of Hollywood.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
26 May 2025
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His finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on the stage.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Goodwill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goodwill. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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