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good news

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noun

Informal.
  1. someone or something that is positive, encouraging, uplifting, desirable, or the like.


Etymology

Origin of good news

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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But that may be the only good news on tap when it comes to slower population growth.

From Barron's

Environmentalists welcomed the shutdown as good news attesting to the country's plan to quit coal mining by 2030, when the last brown coal mine is due to close.

From Barron's

The stock doesn’t appear priced for much good news.

From Barron's

While this is unexpected good news for these Arctic predators, the researchers think it is unlikely to last.

From BBC

Although this is good news, investors will increasingly look toward the London-listed carrier’s earnings trajectory, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal