as in farewell
an expression of good wishes at parting
after a final ave, we turned our backs on the Tuscan village that had been our home for a year
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Noun
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His body was laid in state not far from the Spanish Steps — thousands queued over the two days to bid their farewells to the designer, the first, and in many ways the only, Italian to break into French haute couture back in Fifties, a postwar epoch when things like that were thought impossible.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Rome bid farewell to Valentino Garavani on Friday morning, when hundreds of mourners gathered for his funeral at the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, the vast Renaissance church built within the ancient Baths of Diocletian and adapted in the 16th century by Michelangelo.—
Maliha Shoaib,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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Don’t forget your travel snacks, and bon voyage!—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2026
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This Mother’s Day, an exceptional bon voyage looks like a chic travel tote.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Pushing longtime personalities out with no good-bye suggests that Mediaco, which just finished paying off its purchase of Hot 97 last year, would like a jewel in its repertoire to turn a bigger profit than Ebro.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Say good-bye to all that and head down to the Dordogne, the rightfully beloved region of France that keeps a decidedly low profile.—
David Coggins,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Ave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ave. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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