as in generosity
kindly concern, interest, or support
I appreciate your friendship during this difficult time for my family
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Recent Examples of friendship
Rivalry redefined For Sprink, what makes his friendship with Van Rompaye special is that it isn’t dominated by transplant talk.
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Eryn Mathewson, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025
Carrie and company paved the way for many more comedies about gal pals, but, especially in the years after the Great Recession, newer characters were content with modest trappings or had to contend with class differences across friendships.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Over the past three years, my ex and I have found our way back to friendship.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift both dated Jonas Brothers at the same time, but the real love story was the two women’s friendship that emerged from those romances.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
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Eryn Mathewson, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025
Carrie and company paved the way for many more comedies about gal pals, but, especially in the years after the Great Recession, newer characters were content with modest trappings or had to contend with class differences across friendships.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Over the past three years, my ex and I have found our way back to friendship.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift both dated Jonas Brothers at the same time, but the real love story was the two women’s friendship that emerged from those romances.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for friendship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendship
Noun
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But every actor, from Stephen Graham on down, had to bring a certain level of fearlessness and generosity of spirit to the project, and Baig was looking for those qualities as much as for the right faces to embody a community in the North of England.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 Aug. 2025
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Despite the cloud hanging over his head, Colvin continues to promote a narrative of success and generosity.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The brotherhoods sometimes recast their patron saints as relatives who naturally appreciated the African rhythms of their homelands.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
18 July 2025
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And the only way to survive is to build a community, build a brotherhood, build a nation that will keep resisting.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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But Trump is testing the limits of their cordiality.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
26 May 2025
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Trump, who in July threatened 200% duties, wants to motivate drug companies to move operations to the US; several industry giants including Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson have announced US investment plans this year in a bid to build goodwill.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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As part of the transition, All3Media underwent significant restructuring, including a £62.6 million ($83.4 million) goodwill impairment charge that affected several of its key production units.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Expat Insider survey cites cost of living and friendliness as a few reasons why.—
Road Trips,
AFAR Media,
6 Aug. 2025
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While vacation towns can range in dog friendliness, Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore stands out for its hyper-dog-friendly accomodations, activities, restaurants and more.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These companies show that kindness and innovation go hand in hand.—
Nav Thethi,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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While the internet isn't necessarily known for its joy and kindness, Wylie has been blown away by the response since sharing the video on TikTok.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Flett told me about a graduate student from China who informed him that Confucianism requires perfection on as many as five different points: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Participants responded to versions of the Portrait Values Questionnaire, created by social psychologist Shalom Schwartz, to assess 10 core human values: universalism, benevolence, conformity, tradition, security, self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement and power.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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“Friendship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendship. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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