in good faith
idiom
: in an honest and proper way
He bargained in good faith.
Both parties acted in good faith.
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Erik Skoog, president of Teamsters Local 320, at the time expressed his disappointment over negotiations, emphasizing the city’s responsibility to negotiate in good faith.
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Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Under the Biden administration, if a company was coming to the bargaining table month after month and not agreeing to anything, the NLRB would eventually step in and cite the employer for not bargaining in good faith.
—Paul F. Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
While some criticized the parents for their lack of belief in her success, others encouraged viewers to take it in good faith.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Though Jacob, in good faith, tells the bounty hunter Sara was killed in the massacre, Virgil knows better and tells of his own encounter with the fugitive and her child.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Under the Biden administration, if a company was coming to the bargaining table month after month and not agreeing to anything, the NLRB would eventually step in and cite the employer for not bargaining in good faith.
—Paul F. Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
While some criticized the parents for their lack of belief in her success, others encouraged viewers to take it in good faith.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Though Jacob, in good faith, tells the bounty hunter Sara was killed in the massacre, Virgil knows better and tells of his own encounter with the fugitive and her child.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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“In good faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20good%20faith. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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