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to a great degree Make sure the house is good and clean before the guests arrive.

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Recent Examples of good and What Baldwin is lamenting is our tendency to fall back on binaries — right and wrong, good and evil — rather than to struggle with complexity. — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Something can be helpful and harmful, good and bad, annoying and endearing. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Christ Jesus revealed the true nature of God as infinite good and the true nature of His children as spiritual, reflecting God’s qualities. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026 Closing the gap between the merely good and the truly extraordinary remains stubbornly, wonderfully human. — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for good and

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