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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

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

Paying tribute to his "talent and humanity", Murphy's friend and agent Thomas Bowington described him as a "joyful and profoundly good-hearted man".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

A good-hearted newspaper can tell the same story as a mean-hearted paper, but it tells the story in a different way because it’s for a different reason.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements




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