all to the good
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If this panic causes people to save more, and invest more sensibly, that’s all to the good.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even the “basic jitteriness” he identified in his own letter-writing is actually all to the good; they have the repleteness of his fiction, the springy, unexpected notice of the smallest particulars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Her delivery tends toward the soft and musical, and that she is wearing her own accent, which, to a Californian’s ear, plays charming variations on vowels, is all to the good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
That was all to the good, as was most of the coverage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
That is all to the good, for academic medicine and those we serve.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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