valedictory

The length and detail in his valedictory statement suggests this was in the pipeline for a day or two but there's no word on why he has taken this decision.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

But he says nothing about its posthumous Off Broadway production, in 2023, which played to packed houses and mixed reviews — not quite the valedictory Sondheim would have wanted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Conservative lawyers and pundits marked the occasion by publishing laudatory articles that had, to me, a distinctly valedictory feel to them.

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026

We can only hope that those valedictory titles aren’t telling us something about Fellowship’s future.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

The story had its start four years earlier, in May of 1792, when Washington approached Madison to help him compose a valedictory address.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

She stood all of 5 feet 4 inches, not counting the white stiletto heels, on the podium in the House television studio Thursday for one of her many valedictories.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

One by one, they took to the floor with prepared valedictories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two thousand years ago man's manner of dying was profoundly changed by the greatest of valedictories: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead there were eulogies and valedictories because Speaker Gillet was leaving to join the Senate.

From Time Magazine Archive

She stood on the stage in her lovely dress and read her valedictory, which, although trite enough, was in reality rather better in style than most valedictories.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Harold M. Brett