goodwill

Example Sentences

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Sharif also asked Iran's leaders to "open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

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

The UAE facilitated the release, the ministry said, adding that the decision was made on humanitarian grounds and as a gesture of "goodwill".

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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

He’s no philosopher, but he understands action without goodwill to equal as much as half an equation.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen