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goodwill

[good-wil] / ˈgʊdˈwɪl /
NOUN
generosity
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Most startling of all: He has presented this property gambit, where ownership remains solely with him and his wife, as an act of goodwill.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

After David Ellison acquired Paramount and set his sights on Warner Bros., goodwill has been hard to come by for the studio.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

It has cast the release of prisoners as a gesture of goodwill and reconciliation.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The price cap has "above all earned the company a large amount of goodwill among the French," Pouyanne, the chief executive, said recently.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

She also says that sometimes change comes reluctantly and out of dire necessity, not from true goodwill or pure values.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson




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