weal
Example Sentences
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Yet he did make one enduring contribution to the public weal, if unintentionally.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022
By diverting investment towards repairing landscapes and contributing to the public weal, rewilders are taking money away from conventional economic activities.
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2020
Wery good thing is weal pie, when you know the lady as made it, and is quite sure it ain’t kittens.…
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2015
Politicos can then return to the search for the general weal.
From Economist • Aug. 30, 2013
There is no need to animadvert to the deeds of that day, which shall resound, for weal or woe, as long as this terrestrial globe has habitation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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