for the common/public good
idiom
: in order to help or benefit everyone
citizens working together for the common/public good
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New York City deserves better — a public bank, created by the city and chartered to serve the public interest, would safeguard public funds from federal overreach, while ensuring public money works for the public good.
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Linda Levy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Some of the Trump administration’s clearest disdain for the public good, conservative voters included, can be seen in its job cuts to the National Park Service (some of which have been rescinded).
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The reformers driving this movement believed in human progress, scientific management, the use of government power for the public good, and replacing political patronage with the hiring of experts.
—Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
After the world was torn apart by nationalism and conflict, countries agreed to sacrifice some aspects of their sovereignty for the common good.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Linda Levy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Some of the Trump administration’s clearest disdain for the public good, conservative voters included, can be seen in its job cuts to the National Park Service (some of which have been rescinded).
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The reformers driving this movement believed in human progress, scientific management, the use of government power for the public good, and replacing political patronage with the hiring of experts.
—Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
After the world was torn apart by nationalism and conflict, countries agreed to sacrifice some aspects of their sovereignty for the common good.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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“For the common/public good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20the%20common%2Fpublic%20good. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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