valedictory
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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
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
So as I emerge from the trenches, I have a few valedictory thoughts about how to make parenthood more appealing for my children and yours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
We can only hope that those valedictory titles aren’t telling us something about Fellowship’s future.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
“I have often been discouraged,” Joey said years earlier, when she gave her valedictory address.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
After their convention valedictories, the Reagans gave a reception for longtime friends back at their New Orleans hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mood felt very different than it did during both the stunted opening night and the respectful valedictories of Tuesday.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead there were eulogies and valedictories because Speaker Gillet was leaving to join the Senate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another time you had better keep away with your valedictories till I get my wrapper finished.”
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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