good side of

Example Sentences

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“The virtue of the matching market is that you can take the good side of a bad bet—someone else’s bad bet,” Cole said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Steve, who's over with his family from Massachusetts in the US, has been doing his calculations and can see the good side of the upcoming charge.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

“I wish today’s difficulties did not exist. But we must endure if we are to reach the good side of our future,” he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Ueno said he reluctantly went along, mainly to be on the good side of Takahashi, because Takahashi told him he was having problems finding sponsors.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

The more I tried to concentrate on the good side of him, the more I saw a vain, greedy, unredeemed creature.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez