as in congratulations
best wishes
when you see him, give him my sincerest greetings
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Recent Examples of greetings
Stacey wasted no time holding Georgi's feet to the fire after greetings were said and done.
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Oto goes beyond basic greetings, chatting with guests, telling jokes, sharing historical facts, and even suggesting local activities.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Examples include tailoring greetings and phrasing to local norms, providing localized help menus and creating region-specific escalation paths.
—Leonard Martin Schmedding, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Student leaders, administrators and co-principal Lorena Moreno formed a welcome tunnel near the gate, cheering as students entered — some ducking past the fanfare and others stopping for hugs and greetings.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Oto goes beyond basic greetings, chatting with guests, telling jokes, sharing historical facts, and even suggesting local activities.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Examples include tailoring greetings and phrasing to local norms, providing localized help menus and creating region-specific escalation paths.
—Leonard Martin Schmedding, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Student leaders, administrators and co-principal Lorena Moreno formed a welcome tunnel near the gate, cheering as students entered — some ducking past the fanfare and others stopping for hugs and greetings.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greetings
Noun
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No guarantees are made with regards to results or financial gain.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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The move is likely to deepen concerns that the department — already investigating other public figures Trump regards as foes — is being weaponized by a White House seeking to have its prosecutorial powers used for purposes of retribution.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The results Sainz has secured up until Azerbaijan have been disappointing in some respects.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The rideshare apps In some respects, Mexico leads the world in commitment to protecting gig workers like Rojas.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Greetings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greetings. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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