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farewell

[fair-wel] / ˌfɛərˈwɛl /
INTERJECTION
goodbye (used to wish well)
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Noth, 71, who famously starred as Mr. Big in the hit HBO series, is bidding farewell to the one-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom abode more than three decades after purchasing it in 1994.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The message in Mr. Gammons’s book—a bottom-of-the-ninth farewell to the game he covered over an extraordinary six-decade career—is simple: Baseball is a great sport, dammit, and I love everything about it, especially the players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In his farewell address to the regents that October, he warned against allowing the Smithsonian to become seen as affiliated with one party or ideological bent.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was the strangest kind of farewell; more sadness than satisfaction, more 'thanks for the memories' than 'never darken our door again'.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Well, think of it as a farewell tour.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

After being asked by King Charles III to form the next government, Burnham, 56, is due to make his first speech Monday outside 10 Downing Street shortly after Starmer has said his farewells.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

When the participants tried to end a conversation, researchers had the companion either reply with the same manipulative farewells they had observed popular AI companions use or, in the control condition, say goodbye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Instead of the traditional party — and an accompanying feast of pizza, papusas and other Mexican and Central American delicacies — students handed in their borrowed instruments Friday and quietly said their farewells.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025

Their farewells had been said in the great hall by the fire, and they were only waiting now for Gandalf, who had not yet come out of the house.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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