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good-hearted

[good-hahr-tid] / ˈgʊdˈhɑr tɪd /








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Samantha’s father hires Nana away from her grimy pub-cleaning job to answer the phone at his taxi service: a good-hearted gesture or a bribe to keep her and Janey quiet?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

In these awful, uncertain times, it is heartening that “Star Trek,” that most good-hearted, proudly progressive of space operas, continues to create new missions for fresh multiplanetary crews of explorers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Peggy Jo Tallas was, by all accounts, the classic good-hearted Texas woman.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

While that was quickly cancelled, Warner came to be associated with stable, good-hearted guys whose lives are more together than those of their friends.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025

“How very pleasing and proper of him!” cried the good-hearted Mrs. John Knightley.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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