cordial
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Two other officials familiar with the dinner said it was very cordial and their leaders breathed a major sigh of relief after it was over that it didn’t devolve into a shouting match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The program featured Vice President JD Vance last week, where he received a cordial welcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
"I wish to make a very cordial appeal for composure and calm," said defeated leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda, stressing he had not called for violent demonstrations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Calls between Trump and Sheinbaum have remained cordial, both sides say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“Too bad your drink won’t help you develop a brain,” I said, but I took the cordial glass he offered me anyway.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Britvic makes a range of consumer soft drinks and cordials, including the kind of flavored mixer that analysts see taking up a greater share of sales in bars and pubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Lately, it's offered a wider range of sparkling drinks and cordials.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Bartenders around the world have experimented with endless pairings of teas, herbs, cordials, juices, coffees, spices, spirits, and flavor combinations.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
Now combined into a single storefront, the current retail space retains raffish details of its liquor-store days, including a retro red-and-blue neon sign and period gilt window lettering advertising cognacs and cordials.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
At the same time, with practical policy, he shook his head dubitatingly, as cunning doctors are wont; ordered abundance of Kalaf and other cordials, and with a shrug of the shoulders predicted a dangerous fever.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
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