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
Sorry, that’s not how friendship works.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
In the fall, love becomes more revealing as Venus and Mercury station retrograde in Scorpio in October, both in your friendship and community sector.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Lavery’s protagonist in Meeting New People is an acerbic older woman named Barbara, who is trying to optimize her next and potentially last friendship by analyzing what went wrong with failed best friendships in the past.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Through a series of 600 letters that were recently uncovered, Bok and Smith forged a deep friendship and ultimately landed on the idea of opening a new gallery space in Maitland, funded by Bok.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for friendship
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
In the fall, love becomes more revealing as Venus and Mercury station retrograde in Scorpio in October, both in your friendship and community sector.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Lavery’s protagonist in Meeting New People is an acerbic older woman named Barbara, who is trying to optimize her next and potentially last friendship by analyzing what went wrong with failed best friendships in the past.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Through a series of 600 letters that were recently uncovered, Bok and Smith forged a deep friendship and ultimately landed on the idea of opening a new gallery space in Maitland, funded by Bok.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendship
Noun
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Traditional holiday themes of generosity, salvation, and tradition are mostly absent here.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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The home and collection were simply stunning, and her generosity in hosting a private viewing for our Women’s Fund gave us rare, unrushed time with the work.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Regardless of Thursday’s outcome, the brotherhood meant more.—
Ty Kaplan,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan. 2026
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The brotherhood forged in Lubbock remained strong even when Dykes was the head coach at Cal and Riley was the offensive coordinator at East Carolina.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Dec. 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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Those who yearn for peace and stability, commerce and comradery, amity with our friends and neighbors?—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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All that being said, cordiality may be the path of least resistance for the sake of your other relationships.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
12 Dec. 2025
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Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power.—
Shyam Saran,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Building Audience During Production, Not After Community Center is built around filmmaker profiles and project pages designed to leverage goodwill marketing expense deductions by partnering with local businesses.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
6 Jan. 2026
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Tidy agreements protect goodwill in the main group and in any of its smaller circles.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Amsterdam’s cycling union, the Fietsersbond, successfully pushed for these regulations while expanding infrastructure, proving safety and bike-friendliness are not a zero-sum game.—
Sameer Butt,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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The concierge team, lauded for their friendliness and attention to detail, orchestrates bespoke experiences with finesse.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Reviewing a bunch of doorbell camera footage leads Elsbeth and Donnelly to a conversation about varying definitions of neighborliness.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Because of its smallish size, Kentucky’s capital (population 28,000) is a city where neighborliness and politics go hand in hand.—
Robin Roenker,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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For months afterward, kindness arrived in unexpected forms — neighbors bringing food, strangers offering furniture, friends calling daily.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Friendship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendship. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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