goodwill

Example Sentences

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He also urged Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks “as a goodwill gesture.”

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Despite the recent surge in interest, MLB is careening toward a labor meltdown that threatens to squander that goodwill.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

There is a lingering loss of goodwill after years of sanctions and trade disputes, he noted, and over time that could “point to a more fragmented geopolitical landscape.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Henry had been too flush with goodwill at the bar to think about needing to test that it worked.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez