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 nation's capital boasts approximately 3,800 cherry trees near the National Mall, a century-old gift of friendship from the people of Japan.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
The first half of Weak Hero Class 1 is about the burgeoning friendship between study fiend Si-eun, street smart Su-ho, and timid rich kid Beom-seok.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
At games, a person can make new friends and enhance old friendships, while forgetting social graces that they are expected to abide by at work or home.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
The friendship between Poehler's Leslie and Jones' Ann remains one of the show's constants, as other friendships, relationships, and rivalries ebb and flow.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
The first half of Weak Hero Class 1 is about the burgeoning friendship between study fiend Si-eun, street smart Su-ho, and timid rich kid Beom-seok.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
At games, a person can make new friends and enhance old friendships, while forgetting social graces that they are expected to abide by at work or home.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
The friendship between Poehler's Leslie and Jones' Ann remains one of the show's constants, as other friendships, relationships, and rivalries ebb and flow.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendship
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The 2025 World Happiness Report ranks more than 140 countries based on a number of factors, including life expectancy, freedom from corruption, and generosity.—
Passport by ForbesLife,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Several factors, including inequality, generosity, freedom, life expectancy and perceptions of corruption, all contribute to the rankings – but one question related to happiness is weighed heavily by researchers.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Befitting their brotherhood — and a rare chance to fulfill it all the more.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2025
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In preserving this emotional moment, Rush 50 commemorates a brotherhood as well as a discography, and concludes a suitably epic tour of one of rock’s most fulfilling and rewarding journeys.—
Hank Shteamer,
Rolling Stone,
20 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
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In a world that could use more bipartisanship, that kind of amity is arguably a good thing.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
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Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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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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While tariffs can be negotiated away with the stroke of a pen, rebuilding consumer trust and goodwill toward Americans and its products could take a generation.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 Apr. 2025
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Since contact with passengers was allowed post-pandemic, he's been greeting commuters with a cheery brand of goodwill that makes their day.—
Terry Baddoo,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Politicians in these countries have quietly expressed revulsion at President Donald Trump’s apparent friendliness with Vladimir Putin and willingness to make sweetheart deals at the expense of Ukraine.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the early 2000s, the village's pedestrian friendliness and mix of uses was ahead of its time — for the U.S.—
Alexandria Sands,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
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Magazine, the actor, 55, said kindness is key in Hollywood.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Katherine deals with everything from sexism to ageism, while also having to learn a few lessons about kindness and work-life balance along the way.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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And so the idea here is that what calls itself charity, what calls itself benevolence, can actually be a form of extreme cultural erasure that again, serves the purpose of a state that wanted people's land, that wanted people's bodies.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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This year’s report paid special attention to acts of benevolence and people’s expectations of their communities.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Friendship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendship. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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