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Recent Examples of do-gooder
The hope was that, like Venom, this charismatic killer could anchor a franchise before potentially mixing it up with Holland’s friendly neighborhood do-gooder, or Tom Hardy’s schizophrenic symbiote, or maybe even the big leaguers in that lucrative cinematic universe a few shops over.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Ban is a rarity, a pragmatic do-gooder with a sublime aesthetic touch, whose few duds are mostly homes for the rich.
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
Dawn, after killing her boyfriend, seeks comfort in a do-gooder gynecologist (also played by Karl) who reveals himself to be a predator.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
The site of one of the largest animal migrations on Earth and unique geological features like the world’s largest volcanic caldera, Ngorongoro has long been a magnet for all kinds of global do-gooders and adventure-seekers – and their money.
—Kizito Makoye, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Ban is a rarity, a pragmatic do-gooder with a sublime aesthetic touch, whose few duds are mostly homes for the rich.
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
Dawn, after killing her boyfriend, seeks comfort in a do-gooder gynecologist (also played by Karl) who reveals himself to be a predator.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
The site of one of the largest animal migrations on Earth and unique geological features like the world’s largest volcanic caldera, Ngorongoro has long been a magnet for all kinds of global do-gooders and adventure-seekers – and their money.
—Kizito Makoye, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for do-gooder
Noun
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Phaedra, ever the optimist, reassures her that this group is like family, and even through the mess, sisterhood is still within reach.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
6 Jan. 2025
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Swed, our resident optimist, reminded us that the formula for artistic success is straightforward, if not simple: Artists create big ideas, boards work to fund them, audiences reward the risk.—
Craig Nakano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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Sunshine Cleaning gave Adams’s Pollyanna era a slight edge.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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When the pendulum swung during the Progressive Era, reformers pushed the government to impose new rules that gave workers a better quality of life and a fairer chance at upward mobility.—
Peter Georgescu,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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MacKay went to Congress in 1982 and became a budget and spending reformer and helped to deauthorize the Cross-Florida Barge Canal.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do-gooder. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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