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
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.
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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
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amity
Noun
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Life advice Maintaining adult friendships after children come into the mix can be complicated.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
15 May 2025
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And President Trump shows that friendship each and every day.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
Noun
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As the president expresses agitation toward district judges who block his policies nationwide, Trump so far has maintained more cordiality with Roberts, refusing to attack him personally.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 Mar. 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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“Amity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amity. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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