as in friendship
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
his good rapport with his students was one of the reasons why the school board named him Teacher of the Year
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Recent Examples of rapport
That rapport actually began before Rodón and Fried became teammates.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
Ed, who died at home in Chelsea on Tuesday evening at 85, had this kind of lively rapport with many younger gay writers.
—Christopher Bollen, Vulture, 5 June 2025
The two leaders have long shared a public rapport, but tensions have mounted recently, with Trump increasingly frustrated by the Kremlin’s demanding what essentially amounts to a surrender by Kyiv in the two countries’ three-year-long war.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 29 May 2025
Now, even though Musk has stepped back from his government duties, his rapport with the President appears to remain friendly, and his influence within the Trump Administration is anticipated to remain strong based on recent occurrences.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
Ed, who died at home in Chelsea on Tuesday evening at 85, had this kind of lively rapport with many younger gay writers.
—Christopher Bollen, Vulture, 5 June 2025
The two leaders have long shared a public rapport, but tensions have mounted recently, with Trump increasingly frustrated by the Kremlin’s demanding what essentially amounts to a surrender by Kyiv in the two countries’ three-year-long war.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 29 May 2025
Now, even though Musk has stepped back from his government duties, his rapport with the President appears to remain friendly, and his influence within the Trump Administration is anticipated to remain strong based on recent occurrences.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapport
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Topline President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s months-long friendship continued to devolve in spectacular fashion this week as the world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man engaged in a brutal back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms and beyond.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Maintaining friendships takes a lot of intention, experts said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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Other teams in the region have expressed their solidarity with the immigrant community, including Los Angeles FC and Angel City FC. U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents the Los Angeles area, went on social media earlier Friday to ask the Dodgers to speak up.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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Against the backdrop of escalating violence in Gaza, Israel and Iran, multiple filmmakers used the platform to express solidarity with victims of war and oppression, especially in the Middle East.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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So, what better way to mark the day 160 years ago when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, on to spread the news that slavery had been outlawed — two years earlier — than to spend it in communion with her family's past.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
19 June 2025
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Garages, lousy bars, the corners of parking lots where allied coworkers chain smoke—DeYoung is arguing, again and again, that these totally unremarkable scraps of communion are the antidote to the latent evil that comes with isolation.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2025
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In 2023, Beijing helped broker a surprise rapprochement between arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran – a deal that signaled its ambition to emerge as a new powerbroker in the region.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The strategic rapprochement between Israel and Arab states hangs in the balance as conflict threatens to spread.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
19 June 2025
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An individual who lacks empathy may excel at making hard choices like laying off staff or shutting down unprofitable teams.—
Shawn Cole,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Now at the risk of stating the obvious, that feels important; that scene contrasts with the scene with the doctor, the scene with HR, where there's zero empathy whatsoever.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
26 June 2025
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“Rapport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapport. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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