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Recent Examples of cordiality Here’s my review of The Peninsula Chicago, an exquisite five-star hotel where Far Eastern charm and cordiality meet Midwestern hospitality. Wendy Altschuler, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2024 There’s cordiality and decorum at these events; anyone can be on their best behavior for a day or so. Julia Cho, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Peterson brought that same peculiar cordiality into his Mirai manhunt. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023 Many such ties are now strained and may never return to their past cordiality. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cordiality
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Noun
  • Life advice Maintaining adult friendships after children come into the mix can be complicated.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 May 2025
  • And President Trump shows that friendship each and every day.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Ireland ranked number 23 in USA Today's ranking of the best countries in the world in 2024, primarily because of the friendliness of its people and its interesting Celtic heritage.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Still, Stein's friendliness toward Republicans so far is somewhat unprecedented.
    Lucille Sherman, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And both Harrison and Pierce share a sort of commitment to their craft — professionalism, generosity on set.
    Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
  • Neuroscience shows that generosity activates reward centers in the brain.
    Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.
    Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2015

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“Cordiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordiality. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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