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good people

British  

plural noun

  1. folklore fairies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We demonstrated that a team built on good people — supportive people, people who hold values and principles that prioritize the common good over individual interests.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

God bless them for charming the good people of Boston and Miami and earning a full page feature in Wednesday's O Globo, Brazil's best-selling newspaper.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

I’m in the family; good people, you know.

From Salon May 29, 2026

What does all this do to the good people who want to stand up and now feel that to go on the record in any investigation—in any prosecution ever—is to put themselves in the crosshairs?

From Slate May 26, 2026

Those Ohio kin—they’re good people mostly, but they’re limited, honey.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

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