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Recent Examples of do-gooder
The do-gooder studio launched by billionaire Jeff Skoll ceased formal operations last April, Variety reported exclusively.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
Lucy is the do-gooder vault dweller, Maximus is the aspirant warrior, and The Ghoul is the wasteland rogue.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Helen’s husband, Wallace (Andrew Buchan), is a defense secretary and member of the conservative party, who toes a fine line between complicit villain and naive do-gooder, without ever risking anything more personal than his reputation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
Lucy is the do-gooder vault dweller, Maximus is the aspirant warrior, and The Ghoul is the wasteland rogue.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Helen’s husband, Wallace (Andrew Buchan), is a defense secretary and member of the conservative party, who toes a fine line between complicit villain and naive do-gooder, without ever risking anything more personal than his reputation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for do-gooder
Noun
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Even technology optimists acknowledge that A.I. raises questions similar to those that the Luddites once posed.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The European Union, optimists point out, did not unravel after Britain’s departure.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The documentary significantly adds to the origin story, tracing Reubens’ early days and infatuation with TV kids’ shows and Disney movies — Pollyanna was a favorite — and fleshing out the family’s move to Florida.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, reformers considered window gardening as a practice that could help immigrants assimilate into American society.—
Sonja Dümpelmann,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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Without the hard-charging Pell as his front man, Francis often seemed to hesitate when confronted with the competing interests of the traditionalists and the reformers.—
Gerald Posner,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do-gooder. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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