goodwill

Example Sentences

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These gestures engender goodwill because music lovers have “an expectation of fairness” when buying concert tickets, said Pascal Courty, an economics professor at the University of Victoria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But despite the "enormity" of goodwill witnessed "in the city and beyond", Fr Gormley said Amy's loved ones are struggling to come to terms with "the reality of what has happened".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“Generations of assistant U.S. attorneys had built the goodwill of that office for your generation to destroy it within a year,” Quraishi told a prosecutor.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

The diplomatic path has narrowed significantly, but it remains an option, and will depend in part on the Islamic republic's goodwill.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Elinor had always thought more of books than their authors, and she looked at the old man without much goodwill as Flatnose led him past their cage.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke