as in gracious
showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations
the family is unfailingly hospitable whenever guests show up unexpectedly at their summer cottage
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The frequency of shootings in the U.S. also picks up in less hospitable climate conditions.
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
The question is whether this new paradigm will prove more hospitable than legacy media was, in her mind, to the work of doing reporting about the Internet.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Climate change affects wind shear too—also making the planet more hospitable to hurricanes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Fast forward almost two years – which is a almost a lifetime in McCullum and Stokes speed dial time zones – and England have arrived back in Pakistan for another crack at their hospitable hosts.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
The question is whether this new paradigm will prove more hospitable than legacy media was, in her mind, to the work of doing reporting about the Internet.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Climate change affects wind shear too—also making the planet more hospitable to hurricanes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Fast forward almost two years – which is a almost a lifetime in McCullum and Stokes speed dial time zones – and England have arrived back in Pakistan for another crack at their hospitable hosts.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Hospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitable. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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