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amicable

[am-i-kuh-buhl] / ˈæm ɪ kə bəl /


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Amicable divorce: California couples seeking an amicable dissolution of their marriage will now have an easier, less costly way to go their separate ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Amicable encounters between members of divergent groups are distressingly rare.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

Edinburgh born and bred, the 60-year-old has something of the traditional Scottish banker about him, and spent five years working for Scottish Amicable Life Assurance before winning the Tayside North seat at Westminster in 1997.

From BBC • May 6, 2024

Amicable proximity breeds a disinclination to cough up debts.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2018

Amicable relations being thus established between them, the men on both sides are observed to dismount, as if they intended to make stay in the tolderia.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.




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