send-off
noun
a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture.
send-offs
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pluralof send-off.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the end, it was the most ill-fitting of send-offs.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
There was lots of humor and lighthearted banter as well as some sentimental, respectful send-offs to the old guard as the new generation took over.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
There’s no getting around the fact that royal send-offs are expensive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
According to media reports, the April 16 parties were send-offs, including for Slack, who left Downing Street to become deputy editor in chief at the Sun newspaper.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2022
Don Marcelo would return home from these send-offs vibrating with nervous fatigue, as one who had just participated in a scene of racking emotion.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
