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or good-by
as in farewell
an expression of good wishes at parting
said our good-byes and headed for home
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Recent Examples of good-bye
Also saying good-bye is Arizona, who decides to go to NYC to be with Sofia and newly single Callie.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Say good-bye to all that and head down to the Dordogne, the rightfully beloved region of France that keeps a decidedly low profile.
—David Coggins, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Say good-bye to all that and head down to the Dordogne, the rightfully beloved region of France that keeps a decidedly low profile.
—David Coggins, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-bye
farewell
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Along with his appearance in Australia for Crown Jewel, those may have been some of the first significant stops outside of the United States for WWE's AJ Styles farewell tour.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Fans held out hope that Frehley and Peter Criss would pop up at the event and give the world the proper goodbye they were denied on the second farewell tour.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Good-bye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good-bye. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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