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Recent Examples of cordiality There’s cordiality and decorum at these events; anyone can be on their best behavior for a day or so. Julia Cho, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Peterson brought that same peculiar cordiality into his Mirai manhunt. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023 Many such ties are now strained and may never return to their past cordiality. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023 Despite so much cause for grief, what’s striking about the protagonists is their cordiality and resilient hopefulness. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cordiality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cordiality
Noun
  • In With Love, Markle is joined by celebrity friends like Roy Choi, Mindy Kaling, and Alice Waters, who share personal tips and tricks, as Markle showcases the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In the face of the destruction that occurs and the lives lost, Adra and Abraham form an unexpected friendship.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The big picture: Trump's friendliness toward Putin isn't a new phenomenon.
    Dave Lawler, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Eschewing cult-leader cliché for a plummy everyday friendliness that eventually circles round to sinister, Ben Whishaw cleverly plays Elon as equal parts guru and grifter: His counsel is sometimes obvious, but what the person needs to hear just the same.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Inspired by the Bedouin tradition of generosity, which involves welcoming guests with food, drink, and open hospitality, Killa sought to evoke the feeling of being invited into a private home or aboard a luxurious yacht.
    Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But, the most remarkable outpouring of generosity has come from the workers themselves, engaging in collective action to assist their colleagues.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • By then, John had died, and a new Pope, Paul VI—the former Archbishop of Milan, Giovanni Battista Montini—had gone to Jerusalem, seeking symbolic expression of the new Catholic-Jewish amity.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The couple treat the filmmakers — and therefore us — with amity.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Cordiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordiality. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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