goods

plural of good

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Recent Examples of goods After months of talks, tariffs on Japanese goods dropped from 25% to 15%, while Tokyo agreed to invest $550 billion in US industries. Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025 China imposed retaliatory tariffs on US farm goods in March, effectively slamming the door shut on American soybeans before the harvest even began. Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025 Trump's latest threat to China was to impose 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025 Beijing and Washington rolled back most of their triple-digit tariffs on each other's goods under a trade truce, which is due to expire on November 10. Xinghui Kok, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025 The raw material for the inflation report - the price checks on hundreds of goods and services around the country - was collected in September. NPR, 25 Oct. 2025 After early stints at Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, the Parsons School of Design graduate was named executive creative director at Coach in 1996 and transformed the leather-goods company into a $5 billion behemoth. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025 According to the Talmud, leaving money or material goods behind, whether to heirs or anyone else, is a mistake for two reasons. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025 The measure would add another five-eighths of a cent to each dollar of taxable goods, pushing the total rate to 10% or more in most of the county. Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goods
Noun
  • In an allegation that ties together the suit’s claims of unpaid royalties and unregulated shooting conditions, the suit claims that the defendants have profited from merchandise depicting Corcoran’s nude body.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But SpongeBob represents Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures’ most valuable property, with countless merchandise products, TV series spinoffs, video game adaptations and even a 2017 Broadway musical version to date, so clearly nothing can be left to chance.
    Justin Lowe, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He was hired as an interim in March, delivered qualification for the Champions League, and got the job on a permanent basis.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One monitor would display bullet points -- no more than five -- describing a candidate's qualifications, while a second screen would be loaded up with video clips of his or her recent TV appearances.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Aneurysms form when a weak spot develops in a blood vessel wall, often due to things like high blood pressure, smoking, or genetics.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Meghan’s travel formula is warm, comfortable, and practical for holiday getaways, which is why now is a good time to copy her pieces before things really get busy.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps above all, the new era involved the rapid expansion and growth in density of networks that enabled unprecedented movement of commodities, people, information (including the measurements recorded by Sabine’s observatories), and invasive organisms.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The challenges posed by out-of-stock birth control commodities are also being compounded by broader cuts to USAID programs for family planning services in Tanzania.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The blanket comes with a USB charging cable, a pocket for the battery, and a stuff sack for storage and travel.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, the stuff of literature.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Generally, taking up space from somebody else’s chair by spreading your belongings around is not considered acceptable on a plane, where individual space is already limited.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities believe the burglary took place before the students could return to collect their belongings, occurring between Thursday and Saturday, according to the outlet.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The contracts are a significant step in broadening the hypersonic weapon options for the Pentagon which seeks to field more affordable strike capabilities, reported The Jerusalem Post.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now the best offense in the league rolls into town, and Denver’s own offense hasn’t quite shown the consistent capability to win in a shootout (last Sunday notwithstanding).
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This lack of production could be connected to a hit Flagg took during the first possession of the game.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Thibodeaux emerged from the turf with the ball, but referees ruled that the quarterback’s forward progress had stalled, meaning no change of possession occurred.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goods. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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