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Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling’s friendship began in classic Hollywood fashion: while being snubbed at an Oscar party.—
Kara Warner,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025 -
Here’s to the end of a wild ride—and the beginning of friendships and lessons that will last a lifetime.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.—
Jennifer Lind,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Mar. 2015
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While offering practical solutions to pressing societal needs, this shift raises questions about the nature of human connection, empathy development, and the very meaning of companionship.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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However, oxytocin levels don't rise from initiating interaction but only when their affection is reciprocated by their peers, which means dogs thrive on mutual companionship.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The goal for all business leaders hiring or training teams should be to emphasize the importance of congeniality, sociability and warmth–these attributes go a long way in building brand affinity and customer loyalty.—
Michael Shooster,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In addition to long hours and hard work, often under stress, the chief of staff needs to know how to get along and facilitate congeniality.—
Julia Dhar,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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In essence, the United States promised protection in exchange for military access and political-economic comity in Asia but without demanding fully reciprocal protection for itself.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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Gone are the prophecies of ever-accelerating integration and the paeans to trade and investment promoting prosperity and comity for all.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2021
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Apart from the benefits of group augmentation, the study also suggests that within-group reciprocity may proliferate complex cooperative societies.—
Jay Kakade
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2025
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It can usually be disguised as fairness or reciprocity and may not seem harmful at first.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Fraternization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternization. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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