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
McConnell spoke from the Senate floor in somber, valedictory tones, but he left open the possibility that he might seek another term, declaring at one point: “I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
In his valedictory speech, Taylor thanked his teachers.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
Heretofore best known for Moonchildren and the screenplay of Hair, both valedictories to the '60s, Weller looks back to his adolescence, a decade earlier, in Spoils of War.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three symphonic farewells, however, have just taken place, and interesting valedictories they were.
From Time Magazine Archive
After their convention valedictories, the Reagans gave a reception for longtime friends back at their New Orleans hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
This oration was transferred to the Commencement about the year 1798, when the Masters' valedictories had fallen into disuse; and being in English, gave a new interest to the exercises of the day.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
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