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goodbye

[good-bahy] / ˌgʊdˈbaɪ /


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As a final show, or perhaps a goodbye, the moon temporarily blocked out the sun: a lunar eclipse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“We’re feeling the AGI here,” host John Coogan said with a smile, before saluting goodbye to Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s newly annointed chief executive of applications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“They kissed that opportunity goodbye by failing to provide funding for those agencies.”

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Gellar has the chance to wave Buffy Summers goodbye, blow her a kiss and revisit her sometime in the future, if that time ever comes.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

He intended on popping in to say goodbye to C.C., who had been very helpful, but instead, on a whim, he had one last rummage.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el