welcome
interjection
(a word of kindly greeting, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure).
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"Tom has been with us on several occasions and I am welcoming him back into the fold," said Hodgson.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2016