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  • No news is good news
    No news is good news
    Not hearing about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.
  • no news is good news
    no news is good news
    Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news. This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said “No news is better than evil news” (1616).

No news is good news

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  1. Not hearing about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.

no news is good news Idioms  

  1. Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news. This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said “No news is better than evil news” (1616).

Example Sentences

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But again, what we're uncovering in the more people we speak to is that it's almost like, "No news is good news" in terms of aviation incidents.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2024

No news is good news for the Hammers in January.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2013

No news is good news, so that's what I'm hoping for anyway.�

From Time Magazine Archive

Tess whispers, "No news is good news, right?"

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

He had a stock cliche: No news is good news.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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