as in generosity
kindly concern, interest, or support
I appreciate your friendship during this difficult time for my family
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Recent Examples of friendship
If so, consider this the 2025 take on friendship bracelets!
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 May 2025
Tonight: Check your finances. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★★
Today there is a strong emphasis on partnerships and close friendships in your chart.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
Despite the mess, Phaedra says her friendship with Porsha has remained strong.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 25 May 2025
Life advice Maintaining adult friendships after children come into the mix can be complicated.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 May 2025
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 May 2025
Tonight: Check your finances. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★★
Today there is a strong emphasis on partnerships and close friendships in your chart.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
Despite the mess, Phaedra says her friendship with Porsha has remained strong.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 25 May 2025
Life advice Maintaining adult friendships after children come into the mix can be complicated.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendship
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Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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What Thornton is striving toward, an embrace of generosity, of humanity being able to change what faith and religion even mean, is often moving.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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And this isn't some kind of cute, charming way to pose the nomination pool as this brotherhood of men.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Call of Duty is part of that scene, forging a brotherhood — a family atmosphere away — from Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2025
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Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.—
Jennifer Lind,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Mar. 2015
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But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
26 May 2025
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His finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on the stage.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Its purpose is simple: to make global commerce dependent on its goodwill.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The Syrian government even returned the belongings of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was executed in Damascus in 1965 after his espionage was discovered, in a goodwill gesture.—
Natasha Hall,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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Ditto his distinctive appearance, trumped only by a persuasive smile that conveyed an innocence and friendliness somewhat at odds with his braggadocio tales and hedonistic tendencies.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Trump-crown prince flaunt friendliness despite controversy Trump kicked off his speech at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum on Tuesday by praising the crown prince and the country of Saudi Arabia for their hospitality and friendship.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
13 May 2025
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By Carol McCloud, Illustrated by David Messing Summary: This book explains clearly and simply how everyone has an invisible bucket that can be filled through small acts of kindness or emptied by acts of thoughtlessness or cruelty.—
Esther K. Choy,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Please advise me how to navigate this tricky territory with respect and kindness.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Its benevolence toward allies, vast soft power, and military hegemony, has left it the biggest economy on earth, with an undefeatable currency – itself a very good and huge deal.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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New York’s benevolent liberalism of the Rockefeller years comes off as top-down benevolence, sociological benevolence, experience-free benevolence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Friendship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendship. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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