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Recent Examples of valedictory
That’s on top of several valedictory parties for staff and friends.
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Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2022
But those changes didn't hurt Youngkin, who comfortably beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a popular former governor seeking a valedictory term.
—CBS News, 3 Nov. 2021
But those changes didn’t hurt Youngkin, who comfortably beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a popular former governor seeking a valedictory term.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
Given the robustness of her health and high levels of public support—in 2006, a MORI poll found eighty-five per cent of respondents satisfied ‘with the way the Queen is doing her job as Monarch’—there was little that was valedictory about the next ten years.
—Matthew Dennison, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2021
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Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2022
But those changes didn't hurt Youngkin, who comfortably beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a popular former governor seeking a valedictory term.
—CBS News, 3 Nov. 2021
But those changes didn’t hurt Youngkin, who comfortably beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a popular former governor seeking a valedictory term.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
Given the robustness of her health and high levels of public support—in 2006, a MORI poll found eighty-five per cent of respondents satisfied ‘with the way the Queen is doing her job as Monarch’—there was little that was valedictory about the next ten years.
—Matthew Dennison, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valedictory
farewell
Adjective
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The former costars were on such good terms that Somerhalder's wife, Nikki Reed, joined the pair at a farewell dinner for the final season of The Vampire Diaries.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ozzy had rejoined Black Sabbath several times previously, including from 1997 to 2005 and again in 2012 before embarking on a farewell tour that ended in 2017.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Valedictory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valedictory. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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