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  • n  an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)

  • Nor is public-relations prose improving the quality of citations, which used to be honed to a fine salutatory precision by such masters as Yale's William Lyon Phelps, Columbia's .
  • And besides, President Carter graciously agreed to give a salutatory speech.
  • They put a King James Bible in its cornerstone, sent a salutatory telegram to Benito Mussolini.
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  • Lower Merion seniors, 'Be Yourself, be genuine' (With Slideshow)
    Three hundred twenty-eight Lower Merion seniors picked up their diplomas Tuesday evening at Hagan Arena of Saint Joseph’s University's campus. Among the speaker was a class oration by Itari Barsade, the Salutatory by Carter Rauch and the Valedictory speech by Jane Urheim who urged the seniors, “Be yourself, be genuine.”
    June 12, 2013 - Main Line Times
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  • Mark Funkhouser in Kansas City Star
    I think it will have a very salutatory effect on how we think about ourselves as a city,Mayor Mark Funkhouser said last week. "I've said that while I'm not an artist, I see the enormous value of art and artists in the sense of place. This...

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