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farewell

[fair-wel] / ˌfɛərˈwɛl /
INTERJECTION
goodbye (used to wish well)
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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and her NFL star husband, Jonathan Owens, are bidding farewell to the Texas home they lived in while putting the finishing touches on their custom-built dream mansion.

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

Before his death, Anderson had a cardiac arrest while on Rose Tattoo's farewell tour in Europe last month.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

In other races, Tom Pelphrey’s win for his supporting work in “Task” was also deserved and anticipated, as was the farewell best variety show Emmy win for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Finally it was time to bid the grand city farewell.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

It is also a time of farewells, when school graduates leave their hometown while many corporate professionals receive assignments in new cities.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Rosenior said his farewells at Strasbourg on Tuesday morning before signing a six‑and‑a‑half‑year contract at Chelsea.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

After hugs and farewells, they walk back out into the night, still unnoticed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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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