as in generosity
kindly concern, interest, or support
I appreciate your friendship during this difficult time for my family
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Recent Examples of friendship
The sisters were close enough in age and just young enough that there was a real friendship beneath the familial bond as well.
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Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Over the course of Jess’s posts, readers learn about her complex relationship with her ex-best friend Chloe and uncover the truth about how the friendship broke apart.
—Caroline Carlson
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The footage is a sweet and funny reminder of the strange and wonderful friendships that can form within multi-pet households.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
In Lebowski terms, would our friendship abide?
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Over the course of Jess’s posts, readers learn about her complex relationship with her ex-best friend Chloe and uncover the truth about how the friendship broke apart.
—Caroline Carlson
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The footage is a sweet and funny reminder of the strange and wonderful friendships that can form within multi-pet households.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
In Lebowski terms, would our friendship abide?
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for friendship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendship
Noun
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Though his interests were that of a pretty typical child — computing and gaming, playing the saxophone, enjoying soccer and time with his pets — he was also known for his acts of kindness and generosity.—
Lauren Costantino
September 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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But this in charity affects people’s generosity.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As the street sign was unveiled, the brotherhood that has defined New Edition was undeniable.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
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The pitfalls of a India-China-Russia pact The scenes from the 2025 Tianjin Shanghai Cooperation Summit had an overdose of bonhomie and brotherhood among three of the world’s four most powerful nations.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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Those who yearn for peace and stability, commerce and comradery, amity with our friends and neighbors?—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But Trump is testing the limits of their cordiality.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The biggest casualty, says Srivastava, will be the goodwill between India and the United States, built after decades of bitterness over Washington's support of India's adversaries like Pakistan.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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And with enough time, unchecked contempt may well shatter whatever goodwill remains in the relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Your friendliness and energy comes through.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Utah has the best state economy, by my math, which looked at assorted economic grades, job markets, business output, business friendliness and infrastructure.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He's spent 20 years repaying this debt kindness.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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We are all moved by her kindness and gratefulness in the midst of pain.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To have denied his parents the ability to protect him from persecution would be a cruelty; to have offered them an affordable alternative, a form of benevolence.—
Chandler Fritz,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Behind her dark wardrobe and dour demeanor lies benevolence and bravery.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Friendship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendship. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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