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or adieux
as in farewells
an expression of good wishes at parting
we bid our adieus and were off
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farewells
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Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts.—
Richard Gehr,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Musical farewells have quietly become SNL’s way of marking meaningful exits.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Adieus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adieus. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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