as in harmony
peaceful coexistence
the comity that has always existed among the town's houses of worship
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Recent Examples of comity
In the interest of comity, then, and in the hopes for an impressively long list of signatories, the hosts would have fudged the question.
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
The same day, Zhu Jingyang, the Chinese Ambassador to Colombia, released a flurry of posts celebrating a new age of comity between the two countries.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
At nearly every turn, he’s been able to get away with it, often with the reluctant acquiescence of Western leaders, from George W. Bush to Angela Merkel, who looked away from his misdeeds for the sake of diplomatic comity.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
For India, as well as the countries making a similar bet, this is a risky gamble: the very policies that create comity in the short run are eroding the foundations that will stabilize it over the long run.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
The same day, Zhu Jingyang, the Chinese Ambassador to Colombia, released a flurry of posts celebrating a new age of comity between the two countries.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
At nearly every turn, he’s been able to get away with it, often with the reluctant acquiescence of Western leaders, from George W. Bush to Angela Merkel, who looked away from his misdeeds for the sake of diplomatic comity.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
For India, as well as the countries making a similar bet, this is a risky gamble: the very policies that create comity in the short run are eroding the foundations that will stabilize it over the long run.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comity
Noun
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For most of that time the two groups have cohabitated in relative harmony.—
Bob Skolnik,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Biomechanical assessments revealed that the lefty’s arm slot, having moved higher over the previous few seasons, was no longer working in harmony with the rest of his body.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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By and large, Iranian minority communities live in peace, and many citizens of all backgrounds appeared to rally behind the government during and after the recent clashes.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Back then, Trump hoped to make a grand Middle East peace deal his signature achievement.—
ZAHA HASSAN,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2025
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“Comity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comity. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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