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or good-bys
as in farewells
an expression of good wishes at parting
said our good-byes and headed for home
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Recent Examples of good-byes
As confetti filled the room, the girls gave their final thanks and good-byes, with their dancers and band.
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-byes
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
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Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts.—
Richard Gehr,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Good-byes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good-byes. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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