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also congees
as in farewells
an expression of good wishes at parting
with an elaborately ceremonious congé, the ambassador took his leave
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farewells
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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 -
Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts.—
Richard Gehr,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Congés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cong%C3%A9s. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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