as in friendship
kindly concern, interest, or support
a youth club fostering amity among the city's many and diverse ethnic groups
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Recent Examples of amity
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.
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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
This initial amity was very short-lived: The prosperous and generous Native American tribes of Southern California were conquered by Spanish settlers, then enslaved by imperious theologians to launch a mission-building campaign that stretched from San Diego to San Francisco.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
The vernacular liturgy, the modern angular church architecture, the emphasis on amity with other Christian churches and other faiths that came after Vatican II were all a good fit with the populous, influential, flexible, and prosperous American Church.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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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
This initial amity was very short-lived: The prosperous and generous Native American tribes of Southern California were conquered by Spanish settlers, then enslaved by imperious theologians to launch a mission-building campaign that stretched from San Diego to San Francisco.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
The vernacular liturgy, the modern angular church architecture, the emphasis on amity with other Christian churches and other faiths that came after Vatican II were all a good fit with the populous, influential, flexible, and prosperous American Church.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amity
Noun
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For now, Lynch and Valkyria are the two beloved babyfaces who can dominate the women’s tag team division and form a friendship.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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This is a reminder of how much work went on behind the scenes to make Nostra Aetate possible — and the extent to which friendships between Catholic and Jewish communities in America still matter today.—
Joshua Stanton,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
28 Nov. 2024
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“Amity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amity. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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