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

But despite the "enormity" of goodwill witnessed "in the city and beyond", Fr Gormley said Amy's loved ones are struggling to come to terms with "the reality of what has happened".

From BBC • 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

The sheriff asked that as an act of goodwill these farmers turn in such dangerous items to his office in Amity Harbor.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson