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greeted

ADJECTIVE
welcomed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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The investor response to the calls by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow down frontier artificial-intelligence development was greeted negatively, albeit not catastrophically, by investors on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

After the ceremony and burial, the Norwegian royal family, including the new King Haakon, his wife Queen Mette-Marit, and his mother and Harald's widow Queen Sonja greeted crowds from the palace balcony.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Fail to stack them quickly enough and players are greeted with “BORDER BREACHED.”

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Thai food greeted Navarrete at the office — red curry, fried rice, drunken noodles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Inside, I’m greeted with the tired smell of old, pent-up, sick-people air, combined with the acrid smell of too much antiseptic.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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