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Recent Examples of congeniality
To audiences at the Hudson Theatre, Edelman’s college-buddy congeniality is the key to this 75-minute narrative set.
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Naveen Kumar, Variety, 26 June 2023
In 2014, in an interview with the Washington Post, Young recalled the clubby congeniality of those early years, when committee members from both parties would meet for drinks after five in the chairman’s office, and then present a united front when others in Congress tried to mess with their bill.
—Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
That congeniality did disguise a paradoxical character trait: Oz Nelson was an industrial pioneer and a social revolutionary in a business suit.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
Since 1958, when the DYW was known as America’s Junior Miss, 50 of the country’s most intelligent and ambitious young women have flown to Mobile to enjoy area attractions, entertainment and congeniality — and to compete for big-dollar scholarships.
—Michael Dumas, al, 28 June 2020
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Naveen Kumar, Variety, 26 June 2023
In 2014, in an interview with the Washington Post, Young recalled the clubby congeniality of those early years, when committee members from both parties would meet for drinks after five in the chairman’s office, and then present a united front when others in Congress tried to mess with their bill.
—Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
That congeniality did disguise a paradoxical character trait: Oz Nelson was an industrial pioneer and a social revolutionary in a business suit.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
Since 1958, when the DYW was known as America’s Junior Miss, 50 of the country’s most intelligent and ambitious young women have flown to Mobile to enjoy area attractions, entertainment and congeniality — and to compete for big-dollar scholarships.
—Michael Dumas, al, 28 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeniality
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Even in humans, a smile does not always convey friendliness and joy.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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That kind of friendliness requires adopting the clichéd feel-goodery inherent in many group fitness classes.Mikala Jamison, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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In interviews, the two discussed their friendship, and the special included footage of them meeting for the first time in 2021.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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This setting becomes a transformative playground, where children can leave behind their medical concerns and immerse themselves in fun and friendship.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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And despite the show of Franco-English amity in Paris, a combination of political tremors and economic headwinds across Europe is making the task far more difficult.Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Next Generation is its assertion that intergalactic amity can exist only in an atmosphere of stifling formality.Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
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The former President posted on Truth Social eight times about it, and his campaign and supporters have also latched on, in a sharp contrast from the notable cordiality shown on stage between Trump’s running mate Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minn.Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Gunn wanted to bring back more elements from Shelley's original version, such as the character’s eloquence and his desperate longing for companionship.Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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People from all walks of life are turning to AI for companionship.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
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The Covid pandemic may have changed habits slightly — people are understandably more reticent about passing around the same cup and straw — but sociability is still key.Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
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And it’s designed very specifically to assess at a very fine level various aspects of intelligence, of personality, of sociability.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
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Alienated Hispanic Angelenos abandoned the team for decades, until Valenzuela became a source of comity.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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And there was all too much comity between the candidates on trade.The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
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The movement holder is finished with Côtes de Genève and the caliber has a lovely, pearled surface, in perfect harmony with the other components like the oscillating weight, jeweled pivot points and other fine workings.Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
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For him, organic architecture is a way of reshaping how humans live in harmony with the earth.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Congeniality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeniality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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