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 there are like hundreds of 1,000s of really good people who work for our government who aren’t toppling it. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Or good people have other reasons for finding that bad thing to be tolerable. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026 The Same Problems Returning Over And Over One sign is the same problems continuing to come back, despite having good people. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 There’s a lot of memories here, a lot of players over the years, and coaches, and good people. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for good people

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“Good people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20people. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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