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welcomed

  • past participle
    of welcome.
    welcome
    interjection
    (a word of kindly greeting, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure).
  • past tense form
    of welcome.
    welcome
    interjection
    (a word of kindly greeting, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure).

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Here’s what happened when hotels, restaurants and runways in Paris welcomed dogs for several days this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sex-based rights charity Sex Matters has welcomed the guidance as a "momentus shift back to reality", but is concerned about how it will be applied.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

They welcomed their first child, Matilda, in March 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The government meanwhile welcomed the polling date announcements as an "important stage ... towards reinforcing the country's democratic system".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The eighty men of the Connecticut 5th welcomed him.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis