good people
noun
US, informal + old-fashioned
: an honest, helpful, or morally good person
I like him; he's good people.
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And remember that two opposing arguments can be true at once and good people can hold diverging views.
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Andrea Kane, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Genuine, good people off the floor and killers on the floor.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
My research on financial literacy and credit and mortgage decisions showed that there are substantial differences in how good people are with numbers—which affects the financial outcomes for those individuals.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The shelves of ethicists are filled with books pondering why good people do bad things, and their answers are rarely short and sweet.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Andrea Kane, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Genuine, good people off the floor and killers on the floor.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
My research on financial literacy and credit and mortgage decisions showed that there are substantial differences in how good people are with numbers—which affects the financial outcomes for those individuals.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The shelves of ethicists are filled with books pondering why good people do bad things, and their answers are rarely short and sweet.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Good people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20people. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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