good people

noun

US, informal + old-fashioned
: an honest, helpful, or morally good person
I like him; he's good people.

Examples of good people in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web A lot of emotions, feeling good coming back to the city, seeing a lot of good people. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2024 Building up the quality of the teaching workforce and the stability that comes from keeping good people on the job are crucial priorities. Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024 As the viewer sees throughout the 12-episode series, good people can do bad things and vice versa. Dana Feldman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Some good people would be going part-time, or leaving. Andy Dunn, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024 Why do the beautiful souls and good people go so young!? Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024 At a briefing today, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that there are scores of good people working at UNRWA and that the 13 are a tiny percentage of them. Matt Bradley, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024 That most citizens on both sides of the Jewish-Palestinian divide are probably good people. Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024 May the huge majority of fans, who are good people, stand up to shut up all the racists once and for all! Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024

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“Good people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20people. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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