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Recent Examples of goodness Thank goodness the Authors Guild is taking action to fight back against AI, but the Big Five publishers are doing less so. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 My goodness though, his head coach is not doing him any favors from a public perception standpoint. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 With that much pulse-pounding, fight-or-flight-revving goodness, maybe there should be a law. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026 The border with Mexico itself, because, honestly — thank goodness. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for goodness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goodness
Noun
  • The Justice Department aims to send poll monitors to all 50 states in the 2026 midterms, marking an ambitious expansion of a longstanding federal initiative aimed at ensuring election integrity.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But when the firmware itself is compromised, the source and integrity of the update become especially important.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • When morality is consistently applied to food, a person’s relationship to food can become complicated.
    — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Sir Patrick Stewart's most famous characters tackled concepts such as honor, morality and courage.
    — Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • War is above all, in their eyes, the occasion to demonstrate the most noble human virtues…energy, ​self-​mastery, sacrifice to a cause that is greater than oneself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The defenses now in place filter for honesty rather than for risk.
    — Dvir Ginzburg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • However, honesty remains important, especially when explaining what your business can and cannot do.
    — Mark Berookim, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Goodness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goodness. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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