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to a great degree Make sure the house is good and clean before the guests arrive.

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Recent Examples of good and The L'Occitane Jasmine & Bergamot products smelled good and did the job. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Setting good and bad examples There are examples of long-serving politicians choosing to plan their exit closer to standard retirement age. — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 In reality, a good AI governance framework is connective tissue between an organization’s ambition to use AI for greater good and the assurance that good is actually being delivered. — Jeffrey Bartel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Likewise, Duong used her cameras to create a safe space for her family to act out past memories to, at long last, talk about what each means to one another, good and bad. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for good and

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