farewell address

noun

1. (initial capital letters) U.S. History. a statement that President George Washington published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1796 to announce that he would not run for a third term and to give his views on foreign and domestic policy.
2. a speech delivered by someone upon leaving a job, post, etc.

Example Sentences

Dwight D. Eisenhower, who did consult with Congress over the need to protect U.S.-allied Pacific coastal islands from possible Chinese aggression and, in his farewell address, warned against “the military-industrial complex,” still believed “that the president had broad powers to engage in covert warfare without specific congressional approval.”

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It was his now legendary farewell address.

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As I stood in the security screening line earlier, I decided that after Obama's farewell address I would go to Michigan Avenue, buy a 34-ounce can of Asahi beer, put it in a brown paper bag and then stand across from Trump Tower.

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But after listening to Obama's farewell address, I decided to not do those things, for that would be to against the spirit, wisdom and guidance that the president had offered the American people in his final address.

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I did not want to risk replacing or complicating my cherished memory of President Obama’s farewell address.

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