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Recent Examples of congeniality
What makes Pence so puzzling is a devotion to ideals (Christian faith, country, family) that dances uneasily with ambition and congeniality.
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T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
To audiences at the Hudson Theatre, Edelman’s college-buddy congeniality is the key to this 75-minute narrative set.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 26 June 2023
In 2014, in an interview with the Washington Post, Young recalled the clubby congeniality of those early years, when committee members from both parties would meet for drinks after five in the chairman’s office, and then present a united front when others in Congress tried to mess with their bill.
—Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
That congeniality did disguise a paradoxical character trait: Oz Nelson was an industrial pioneer and a social revolutionary in a business suit.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
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T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
To audiences at the Hudson Theatre, Edelman’s college-buddy congeniality is the key to this 75-minute narrative set.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 26 June 2023
In 2014, in an interview with the Washington Post, Young recalled the clubby congeniality of those early years, when committee members from both parties would meet for drinks after five in the chairman’s office, and then present a united front when others in Congress tried to mess with their bill.
—Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
That congeniality did disguise a paradoxical character trait: Oz Nelson was an industrial pioneer and a social revolutionary in a business suit.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeniality
Noun
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Every staffer at every Laemmle theater reflected the friendliness and enthusiasm of their boss.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
12 Jan. 2025
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The friendliness is by both circumstance and design, pervading everything.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Lawnmower parents may insert themselves into their child’s friendships and relationships with others and intrude on social issues without allowing the child to resolve problems independently.—
Jazmin Towe,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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Why Sabrina Brier is always 'examining my friendships' Brier's audiobook is like a rom-com for a friend group.—
David Oliver,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And despite the show of Franco-English amity in Paris, a combination of political tremors and economic headwinds across Europe is making the task far more difficult.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Nov. 2024
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The Next Generation is its assertion that intergalactic amity can exist only in an atmosphere of stifling formality.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
16 Oct. 2023
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Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
28 Nov. 2024
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The visible progression of their age throughout the clip makes clear how their companionship has only strengthened over time.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The host sites provide meals, companionship, activities and spiritual guidance.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Despite their differences in sociability and communication styles, cats and dogs often find ways to coexist harmoniously.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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Civility leads to sociability, a concept that creates a political link between an interactive citizenry and a truly functional republic.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The rare gathering of commanders in chief offers an unusual moment of comity for the nation in a factionalized, hyper-partisan era.—
Bill Barrow,
The Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2025
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The extraordinary gathering offered an unusual moment of comity for the nation in a factionalized, hyper-partisan era.—
Bill Barrow,
Twin Cities,
9 Jan. 2025
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The larger point being made, very much in harmony with Matthew Walker’s theory of human nightly emotional processing, is that our dreams are what Jandial calls thought experiments.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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While this may result in short-term harmony, the child will eventually end up sleep-deprived and unable to focus in class.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Congeniality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeniality. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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