valediction

Example Sentences

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The service will end with the final commendation and valediction, marking the beginning of nine days of mourning for the Pope, the Catholic news agency reported.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

But as a valediction for this time in their career, they’re proud that this recording of “Executioner’s Axe” is a testament to Power Trip’s importance to metal, at the Grammys and far beyond.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2021

As a young postdoctoral student, David McKay was in the audience at Rice University in September 1962 when JFK had given his famous "We choose to go to the Moon" valediction.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2020

Like nearly all of Mr. Merwin’s work, “Garden Time” is shot through with valediction.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2019

There were more prayers, a psalm, the Lord’s Prayer and another long one in which the falling tones of valediction gathered into a melancholy finality.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan