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Recent Examples of goodwill The one moment that has brought more goodwill to Pillion than any marketing campaign so far was a brief exchange between Skarsgård and actor Pedro Pascal at Cannes. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025 But those scraps of goodwill may be vanishing. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2025 Organizers described the flag-raising as a gesture of goodwill toward Philadelphia’s Chinese-American community and a celebration of international ties. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 Resistance strategies began as a matter of survival, but the systems grew, evolved, and even came to foster goodwill across lines of race, class, and, in many cases, political affiliation. William D. Lopez, Time, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for goodwill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goodwill
Noun
  • During a recent appearance on the Good Guys podcast, the actor, 62, gushed over his fellow Full House alum Lori Loughlin and their longtime friendship.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • When a band or artist becomes part of friendship lore, that’s resonance.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His willingness to undergo this procedure and be part of medical history now will no doubt be felt by the thousands of future patients with kidney failure.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Ellison, the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, has signaled a willingness to be aggressive.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Brown family is among the wealthiest families in the country, and its generosity over generations has left an undeniable mark on Louisville.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Kozlin says she was overwhelmed by Evelyn’s generosity.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The city's hospital system also ranked eighth overall, and Minneapolis was 34th in retiree-friendliness.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There's certain momentum, there's a warmth, a genuine friendliness.
    Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power.
    Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One of the institute’s medical personnel, Farah (Kate Dickie), greets them with the kind of clinical cordiality that undercuts its outwardly soothing welcome with unnerving detachment.
    Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025

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