felicitation
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Geetha P was travelling from the southern state of Kerala to national capital Delhi to attend a felicitation function for winners of the Florence Nightingale award for nurses.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
Back in the last century only the shoe fabricator or the shoe designer would have been eligible for that kind of felicitation.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2012
Today's young viewers may some day meet in the U.N. with a fork-fingered felicitation and a "Nanoo, nanoo to you too."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is certain that Ellen Terry, toward the end of her life, sent messages of felicitation to U. S. admirers.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is as I imagined, Judith," said Prudence, calmly—and she withdrew her hands, with a touch of maidenly pride, perhaps, from what she could not but imagine to be a kind of felicitation.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
Barbados snipped its link to the monarchy and became fully independent last year, to felicitations from Elizabeth and Charles.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
Before hanging up, he stopped himself from uttering the felicitations typical in Russia this time of year.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2022
India offered no felicitations to Beijing on the centenary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party last week which Indian media described as another sign of its unhappiness.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2021
In this opening episode of the 10th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, belated felicitations join soft scones, wobbly tables and human bowls borrowed by dogs as the latest prompts for Larry David’s raging misanthropy.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2020
Despite official felicitations, the nation could hardly disguise its chagrin.
From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard
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