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as in boyfriend
a male romantic companion
most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament
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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime
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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow
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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field
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Recent Examples of fellow
Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Gemmill, along with fellow EPs Noah Wyle and John Wells, revealed the new setting to Deadline on April 5.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Meador was previously a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center, an antitrust and competition policy counsel for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a trial attorney for the Justice Department during Trump's first term, and an attorney at the FTC.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Gemmill, along with fellow EPs Noah Wyle and John Wells, revealed the new setting to Deadline on April 5.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Meador was previously a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center, an antitrust and competition policy counsel for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a trial attorney for the Justice Department during Trump's first term, and an attorney at the FTC.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellow
Noun
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Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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One of his associates, JoMya Futch, pleaded guilty to bank robbery and perjury in the deal, announced Thursday by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Shein, Temu will raise prices next week as a trade loophole closes In: Food & Drink Consumer Price Index Inflation United States Department of Agriculture Mary Cunningham Mary Cunningham is a news associate at CBS News, based in New York.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One said a young male on the tracks appeared agitated as an older male approached and followed him while speaking on the phone.—
Jo Ciavaglia,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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Her only loss was against males, losing by a head setback to Fierceness in the $1.25 million Grade I Travers Stakes on Aug. 24 at Saratoga.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2025
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Roughly half of the players who played legitimate rotation minutes at some point in the season are on the list.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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More than half of hot car death cases didn't result in a conviction between 1990 and 2020, according to an analysis by Kids and Car Safety.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jealous of Kate’s new beau, Bill (Glenn Ford), Pat steals him away, marrying him.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sherman, as the only nonpolitical character in the sketch, was paired with Jon Hamm playing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but dressed like Walton Goggins' Rick, the beau of Wood's Chelsea on season 3 of the drama series.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ramirez and his colleagues say that’s unusual, because typically once a building had been ritually killed and abandoned, something new would be built atop the remains.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Although so highly esteemed, the notoriously taciturn director would often frustrate his colleagues by his reticence to explain his directorial intentions.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In many ways, Trout’s jaunt into the stands was more reminiscent of Jurickson Profar of the Padres jumping into the left field pavilion in Game 2 of last season’s National League Division series against the Dodgers to rob a home run from that guy again, Mookie Betts.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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But the science between the little guys and the big guys is the same.—
Allure,
Allure,
14 Apr. 2025
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The cougars were paired as companions for their similar personalities and age, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Martin and a companion on April 27, 2023, entered the Washington, DC, museum and smeared washable red and black paint on the case protecting Edgar Degas’s 1881 Little Dancer Aged Fourteen in an effort to bring attention to the climate crisis.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Fellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellow. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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