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Recent Examples of amity By then, John had died, and a new Pope, Paul VI—the former Archbishop of Milan, Giovanni Battista Montini—had gone to Jerusalem, seeking symbolic expression of the new Catholic-Jewish amity. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for amity
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Noun
  • Topline President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s months-long friendship continued to devolve in spectacular fashion this week as the world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man engaged in a brutal back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms and beyond.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Luckily, the bride didn't see the white dress as a betrayal to their friendship.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.
    Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 26 May 2025
  • His finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on the stage.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025

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“Amity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amity. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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