good thing
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It’s a good thing you looked over your return carefully when your preparer sent it back to you.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Smart and Deandre Ayton sit next to each other in the Lakers’ locker room and that has been a good thing for Ayton, who relies on Smart for his wisdom and guidance.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Buffett said that it was a good thing that Epstein never came through Omaha, since there would have been a chance that Buffett would have met him and potentially have been photographed with him.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
From the U.S. perspective, he said, it’s a good thing to have friendly ships from New Zealand and U.S. treaty ally Australia patrolling the area.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Then I said to Lloyd, “It’s a durn good thing we got past the graveyard in daylight.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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