as in congratulations
best wishes
when you see him, give him my sincerest greetings
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Recent Examples of greetings
Other generic holiday greetings also may be used on Yom Kippur.
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Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Messi, who was denied by the post in the first half but who struggled to make his usual impact, walked off the field and straight to the locker room at the final whistle without stopping for any of the usual handshakes or greetings.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Operational Logistics The door greetings also help flight attendants prepare their service strategy.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Stacey wasted no time holding Georgi's feet to the fire after greetings were said and done.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Oto goes beyond basic greetings, chatting with guests, telling jokes, sharing historical facts, and even suggesting local activities.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Examples include tailoring greetings and phrasing to local norms, providing localized help menus and creating region-specific escalation paths.
—Leonard Martin Schmedding, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Messi, who was denied by the post in the first half but who struggled to make his usual impact, walked off the field and straight to the locker room at the final whistle without stopping for any of the usual handshakes or greetings.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Operational Logistics The door greetings also help flight attendants prepare their service strategy.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Stacey wasted no time holding Georgi's feet to the fire after greetings were said and done.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Oto goes beyond basic greetings, chatting with guests, telling jokes, sharing historical facts, and even suggesting local activities.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Examples include tailoring greetings and phrasing to local norms, providing localized help menus and creating region-specific escalation paths.
—Leonard Martin Schmedding, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greetings
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The King and his youngest son recently met, and though the meeting was reportedly positive, there have been suggestions of sabotage from Harry’s camp in regards to how some information has leaked.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Oct. 2025
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Collier's statement made huge waves among WNBA fans, with her claims about what Engelbert said in regards to Clark leading to most of the uproar.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This is, in some respects, a long goodbye to all that.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Pharrell Williams, Abloh’s successor at Vuitton, and British DJ and producer Benji B were among those who came to pay their respects.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Greetings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greetings. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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