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Recent Examples of well-meaning
The well-meaning Paperwork Reduction Act has paralyzed efforts to design better government services and should be rescinded.
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025
Kyle MacLachlan and Connie Britton also pop in as Benny's well-meaning parents.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
When that alignment is off, even the most well-meaning touch can fall flat or make things worse.
—Brian N. Chin, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
This reflects how even well-meaning problem-solving, if dispensed in a way that isn’t emotionally attuned, can feel dismissive.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025
Kyle MacLachlan and Connie Britton also pop in as Benny's well-meaning parents.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
When that alignment is off, even the most well-meaning touch can fall flat or make things worse.
—Brian N. Chin, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
This reflects how even well-meaning problem-solving, if dispensed in a way that isn’t emotionally attuned, can feel dismissive.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-meaning
Adjective
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The cockpit can be fitted with a solar Starlight Bimini providing generous shade.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Similarly, the Department of Justice has pulled back from policing financial crimes, including those involving cryptocurrency, whose kingpins were among Trump’s most generous donors.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Her kindhearted and empathetic photographer Jo Reynolds was continually put through the ringer across her four seasons on the show, from 1992 to 1996.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mendoza was best known in the burlesque scene for her kindhearted nature and her ability to make anyone feel welcome and capable of owning the stage.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That relationship is built, visit by visit, kind interaction after warm conversation.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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Ultimately, however, the union won its contract. 1995: In the largest takeover of its kind, federal housing officials took control of the Chicago Housing Authority four days after its chairman, Vince Lane, and the CHA board resigned under a cloud of mismanagement.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Fielder began Season 2 by framing his mission as an altruistic exercise, intended to help the people who drive and use air travel.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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In fact, 2019 research from Personality and Individual Differences notes that choosing an altruistic partner — someone who genuinely cares about your well-being without expecting anything in return — is a smart, successful mate choice.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Another new motif was the eye, meant to represent here an omniscient but benevolent entity that accompanies and perpetuates knowledge in an unaltered state.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
27 May 2025
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“Well-meaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-meaning. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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