good behavior
Example Sentences
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Note: Projected remaining sentences reflect BOP estimates that account for any credit for time served or good behavior as of Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
With credit for time served, good behavior and other things, she is projected to be released in 2037.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
His good behavior and work to rehabilitate himself and support other felons led to a reduced sentence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
Individual explanations might suggest that the problem can be solved with education campaigns to address gaps in knowledge, or with sanctions for "bad" behavior and rewards for "good" behavior.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
Her stories, however, of the goodness of good behavior collapsed before the thrill of the sin they deplored.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
