as in farewell
an expression of good wishes at parting
we bid our adieus and were off
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Recent Examples of adieu
Choose from regular, petite, and tall options, then bid adieu to the tailor.
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Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Bidding adieu to my new multigenerational group of friends, I was once again struck by the ability of food to connect people to each other, but also to ourselves.
—Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
Maurice DuBois is bidding adieu to CBS News.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The rigor of the text melts, thaws—and resolves itself into adieu.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
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Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Bidding adieu to my new multigenerational group of friends, I was once again struck by the ability of food to connect people to each other, but also to ourselves.
—Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
Maurice DuBois is bidding adieu to CBS News.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The rigor of the text melts, thaws—and resolves itself into adieu.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adieu
farewell
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But Eleven's farewell didn't feel ambiguous to everyone involved with Stranger Things.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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In March, the department store bid farewell to 66 stores in its first wave of closures.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Adieu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adieu. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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