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Recent Examples of well-wishing
Videos on Chinese social media show people adorning their homes with red posters carrying well-wishing phrases, known as fai chun or chunlian, in an annual festive ritual.
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
About halfway through the special, cohosts Ginnifer Goodwin and Alfonso Ribeiro introduced another of several segments that featured well-wishing celebrities who filmed short video messages for Christmas.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
About halfway through the special, cohosts Ginnifer Goodwin and Alfonso Ribeiro introduced another of several segments that featured well-wishing celebrities who filmed short video messages for Christmas.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-wishing
Noun
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The study of leave-taking was assumed to be more complicated than the study of greetings.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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And you’d record greetings in Vietnamese and in Punjabi and in Italian.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Homebuyers tend to be more sensitive than the law, which is still largely unsettled in regards to the topic.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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No guarantees are made with regards to results or financial gain.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Each Participant also acknowledges that many ideas or stories may be competitive with, similar or identical to the Submission and/or each other in theme, idea, format or other respects.—
Time,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Sheriff and numerous law enforcement officers from various agencies gathered at both HCA Kendall Hospital and the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office to pay their respects that night.—
Lauren Pastrana,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At that meeting, the village's Judiciary, Personnel and Licensing Committee recommended approval of Lalor's alcohol beverage license application.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Recent reports show that SpaceX is seeking approval to send as many as a million orbital data centers to space.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The biggest compliment came from the fit.—
The Editors,
Outside,
1 Feb. 2026
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What Dad had found in Mom was his perfect compliment.—
John E. Green,
Time,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Well-wishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-wishing. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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