Thesaurus results for GREETS

greets

verb

Definition of greets next

present tense third-person singular of greet

as in addresses

to acknowledge (someone) by means of spoken words The host cheerfully greeted the party guests at the door.

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Recent Examples of greets Abid Malik, owner of Mishal Studio in Plano, greets customers at his Pakistani clothing boutique with the familiarity of family. —

Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 On the second floor, a Steinway piano greets visitors upon arrival, along with a bar and a large dining table. —

Ming Liu, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026 On a daily basis, my phone greets me at some point of the day with a notification for some type of visual gallery from my Google Photos account. —

Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 14 Mar. 2026 Vance visit Turning Point USA CEO and chair Erika Kirk (left) greets Vice President JD Vance during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 in December in Phoenix. —

Adam Beam, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026 The spa greets you with an immersive calm. —

Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026 For every place that greets visitors with warmth and joy, there are others where the welcome is cooler, guarded, or even downright unfriendly. —

David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026 Set the scene Tucked under the canopy of a jungle-like forest brimming with howler monkeys and technicolor birds, the resort greets guests with an open-air lobby that overlooks its seemingly endless green sanctuary. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026 But this is Vienna, not Pasadena, so… The first sight that greets a Playhouse upon lights going down is enough to elicit a very slight gasp from an audience. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026

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The board said the Alert Act now addresses its recommendation to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems that would allow the pilots to know more precisely where the traffic around them is flying.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
Those sources said the plan addresses Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs as well as maritime routes but would not provide any other details including which Iranian officials the proposal was sent to.

— Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026