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farewell

[fair-wel] / ˌfɛərˈwɛl /
INTERJECTION
goodbye (used to wish well)
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STRONGEST




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Like many on Martha’s Vineyard, a resort island off Cape Cod that’s teeming with ticks this year, I bid a sad farewell to hamburgers, bacon and lamb chops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

TV stars Nick and Vanessa Lachey are bidding farewell to their longtime “dream home,” listing the sprawling Tarzana property for $8.1 million as they prepare to leave California altogether.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

In his farewell address to the regents that October, he warned against allowing the Smithsonian to become seen as affiliated with one party or ideological bent.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Last week, more than 80,000 Irish fans at Croke Park gave icon Katie Taylor a fitting farewell.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He told her who he was, and sadly bade her farewell.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

After being asked by King Charles III to form the next government, Burnham, 56, is due to make his first speech Monday outside 10 Downing Street shortly after Starmer has said his farewells.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

It is also a time of farewells, when school graduates leave their hometown while many corporate professionals receive assignments in new cities.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Rosenior said his farewells at Strasbourg on Tuesday morning before signing a six‑and‑a‑half‑year contract at Chelsea.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

After hugs and farewells, they walk back out into the night, still unnoticed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

I chuckled at their bickering until my drink was done, then made my farewells and took my leave of them.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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