as in farewell
an expression of good wishes at parting after a final ave, we turned our backs on the Tuscan village that had been our home for a year

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Noun
  • His son knew the end was near, summoning the family to his bedside to bid a final farewell the day before dying on March 1.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Along with launching her farewell tour in 2024, Lauper appeared in a new career retrospective documentary, Let the Canary Sing.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The bon voyage to the month that says goodbye to summer wasn’t all that much cooler.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Safe travels, or as the French would say, bon voyage!
    BYPrarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 June 2024
Noun
  • And the first one is in the spirit of a more traditional congee.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For me, simple congee with pickles and pork floss was perfect to help with digestion after more than a week of decadent meals.
    Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Ave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ave. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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