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goodwill

[good-wil] / ˈgʊdˈwɪl /
NOUN
generosity
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It expects to record a net after-tax charge of about C$900 million primarily related to goodwill in the third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In media, a great new hire or a hard-earned bit of reader goodwill are just fresh bandages placed over a wound that must be constantly treated.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Quarterly profit declinedsto $399 million from $506 million, impacted by a $184 million goodwill impairment charge.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

"You really rely on each other and in a sense that fosters a lot of goodwill and it makes us quite close."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Otto and I needed to have this man’s goodwill, whatever he’d done.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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