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Recent Examples of amity The couple treat the filmmakers — and therefore us — with amity. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025 And despite the show of Franco-English amity in Paris, a combination of political tremors and economic headwinds across Europe is making the task far more difficult. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024 The Next Generation is its assertion that intergalactic amity can exist only in an atmosphere of stifling formality. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China. Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2015 See All Example Sentences for amity
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Noun
  • During a recent appearance on the Good Guys podcast, the actor, 62, gushed over his fellow Full House alum Lori Loughlin and their longtime friendship.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • When a band or artist becomes part of friendship lore, that’s resonance.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power.
    Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One of the institute’s medical personnel, Farah (Kate Dickie), greets them with the kind of clinical cordiality that undercuts its outwardly soothing welcome with unnerving detachment.
    Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Amity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amity. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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