How to Use for the common/public good in a Sentence

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• In the end, someone has to make hard decisions for the common good.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
• And more of that, Sablan argues, is not just what the design industry needs—but what the world needs as a whole for the common good.
  — Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful, 13 June 2022
• Fire was a tool to be used for the common good rather than a disease to be eliminated.
  — Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
• For the humanists, the good and wise ruler was able to draw on his skills in language to persuade people to act for the common good.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• Leave the spectrum alone and let it be put to use for the public good, not a corporation’s bottom line.
  — Kenneth E. Corey, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
• This is the true nobility of nature, as insects, birds and plants work for their own needs and for the common good.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
• Wilson Stallings, who has a long-haired dachshund at home, put her own preferences aside for the common good.
  — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
  — Big Think, 24 June 2024
• Cities broadly hold power to alter public streets and spaces for the public good.
  — Emily Badger, New York Times, 1 July 2023
• Both stories are about a collective effort, a selfless effort, for the common good, for the good of all people on the planet.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2022
• We were built on the concept of people coming together to help one another for the common good.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 3 July 2021
• These examples show that unions are a powerful force for the common good, which is sorely needed at this time.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Shanties were sung as a way to get sailors to work together for the common good, even when they were stuck on small ships for years at a time, seeing the same few faces and hauling the same ropes every day.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2021
• But the virtue of individualism doesn't take away our obligation to act for the common good.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
• What struck Snider is how everyone involved is pulling together for the common good.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• That’s a life-giving posture that presumes some disagreements but also love for the common good.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 June 2021
• The Tragedy of the Commons happens when individuals make decisions that are right for themselves but wrong for the common good.
  — George Bradt, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
• Solving the climate problem requires not just trust in science, but shared values and a will to collective action for the common good.
  — Adam H. Sobel, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
• There could come a day when we are asked to sacrifice a helluva lot more for the common good than uncomfortably high fuel prices.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2022
• No doubt Google wields enormous digital and political clout, and not always for the public good.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2020
• Plenty of his allies and followers have only contempt for the idea of sacrificing for the common good.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• The Moon will make a final sextile to alchemical Pluto in Aquarius, showing us how to use our abilities for the common good.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
• Also, people with stronger and closer connections with others were more likely to act for the common good with the expectation that others would do the same.
  — Feng Hao, The Conversation, 22 July 2021
• Political power is for those who want to do best for the common good, and gerrymandering is a tool to keep that from happening.
  — Erik Morse, Vogue, 30 May 2022
• How will your community, organization, or business be part of the ‘charge’ to boost solar for the common good of our country?
  — Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Known as a bridge-builder who sought to heal divisions and bring people together for the common good, Mason is the longest serving pastor in the church’s 70-year history.
  — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2022
• This could be a watershed moment for our nation, one at which no one in good faith could deny the corruption of truth has real-world consequences for the common good.
  — Jason Thacker, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022
• After all, unlike gratuities, bribes can corrupt the official act — meaning that the official takes the act for private gain, not for the public good.
  — Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
• The union also had asked the university to issue an apology, affirm its support for voting rights and declare that the school’s mission is for the public good.
  — Mike Schneider, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• Vermeule recently argued in favor of a Covid-19 vaccine mandate, on the grounds that the health and safety of the community was necessary for the common good.
  — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024