as in integrity
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
a person of such unaffected goodness that his friends were inspired to lead better lives
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Recent Examples of goodness
New & Noteworthy Lipton Fusions combines crisp lemonade with the goodness of Lipton Iced Tea!
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Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The goodness in Norm comes through ever more strongly as the seasons roll on.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Dominated by an 18-inch display, the larger Gigabyte Gaming A18 drips with gaming goodness.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
The slim-fit, waist-length tank has an aesthetically-pleasing no-seam construction that doesn’t chafe against your skin (thank goodness!), and looks polished enough to throw on and go.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2025
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Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The goodness in Norm comes through ever more strongly as the seasons roll on.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Dominated by an 18-inch display, the larger Gigabyte Gaming A18 drips with gaming goodness.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
The slim-fit, waist-length tank has an aesthetically-pleasing no-seam construction that doesn’t chafe against your skin (thank goodness!), and looks polished enough to throw on and go.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goodness
Noun
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2025
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Shaw rightly calls out the bad players and their complete lack of integrity when dealing with their unsustainable bloated budgets.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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From the moment the book was announced, many commentators have questioned the morality of her estate and publisher profiting off such intensely private and essentially medical documents.—
Evelyn McDonnell
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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More to Explore Gamification, Then and Now Livia Gershon March 20, 2017 Nineteenth-century board games help to map public morality, from religious virtue to upward mobility.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2025
Noun
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And as readers no doubt know by virtue of clicking on a review about a golf book, Johnson could have had so many more.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Watching the actions of humans – their foibles and their virtues.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
2 June 2025
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Imagine male leaders modeling emotional honesty instead of bravado.—
Shelley Zalis,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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How to take care of the person next to you with out expecting anything in return, how to find beauty in the darkest of places, and how to live life as your truest self with honesty and pride.—
Maggie Kreienberg,
People.com,
11 June 2025
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“Goodness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goodness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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