as in embraced
to receive or accept gladly or readily
the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented
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Recent Examples of welcomed
The couple married in 2018 and welcomed their first child in 2022.
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Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Jessica Sanchez and husband Rickie Gallardo have welcomed daughter Eliana.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Four months before the 2024 election, the Center for Renewing America had welcomed a small group of congressional staffers to its headquarters, a few blocks from the Capitol.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The United Nations welcomed two new officials to the advisory committee for its Human Rights Council this week in a vote that did not inspire confidence in the humanitarian body.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
Settle in on a Rooftop Bar In March, Roanoke welcomed its first rooftop bar, Six and Sky Rooftop Grille.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
South Africa has welcomed the inclusion now of Iran in BRICS.
—Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
United also welcomed Charlotte’s Nimfasha Berchimas to Carrington on trial recently.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Jessica Sanchez and husband Rickie Gallardo have welcomed daughter Eliana.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Four months before the 2024 election, the Center for Renewing America had welcomed a small group of congressional staffers to its headquarters, a few blocks from the Capitol.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The United Nations welcomed two new officials to the advisory committee for its Human Rights Council this week in a vote that did not inspire confidence in the humanitarian body.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
Settle in on a Rooftop Bar In March, Roanoke welcomed its first rooftop bar, Six and Sky Rooftop Grille.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
South Africa has welcomed the inclusion now of Iran in BRICS.
—Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
United also welcomed Charlotte’s Nimfasha Berchimas to Carrington on trial recently.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welcomed
Verb
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Though Armstrong's family was not Greek, Armstrong embraced Greek culture, Lichtenberg said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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From that day on, the movement, quickly embraced and adapted worldwide, would forever alter the creative cultures of cities like New York, Paris, Milan and even Miami and Mumbai.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His cook greeted us at the door and ushered us into the living room, which now contained a skid of boxes.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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As a young endocrinologist in the 1980s, David Klonoff was typically greeted with a full waiting room at the diabetes clinic at the University of California, San Francisco.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Welcomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welcomed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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