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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police
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as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
we expect to be comrades for the rest of our lives
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as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
a novel about an aging comrade's eventual disenchantment with communism and its excesses
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Recent Examples of comrade
The captives left behind at ESMA suspected that some terrible fate had befallen their comrades.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Hollis, traumatized and grieving, embarked on a path that would lead to the fortress police build around their comrades.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
In the first entry translated, the notebook's author wished a comrade a happy birthday on Dec. 9.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Gi-hun, who claimed the jackpot last season at the expense of hundreds of dead comrades, wants the players to exercise their right to vote to end the game.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Hollis, traumatized and grieving, embarked on a path that would lead to the fortress police build around their comrades.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
In the first entry translated, the notebook's author wished a comrade a happy birthday on Dec. 9.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Gi-hun, who claimed the jackpot last season at the expense of hundreds of dead comrades, wants the players to exercise their right to vote to end the game.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrade
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The designer and her husband, Brian, settled on a home built in 1972 by architect John Haag, who worked for years as an associate in the office of Joseph Esherick, one of the community’s founding visionaries.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2025
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For example, before issuing a public statement, academic units must establish which of their members — e.g., tenure-line and non-tenure-line faculty, research associates, graduate students, and staff — can vote on whether to make a statement.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Kyle MacLachlan has released a lengthy tribute to his career-long collaborator and friend, David Lynch, who died Thursday at 78.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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His friends credit his infectious personality with recruiting a legion of new followers.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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In an hour-long interview with the party’s leader Alice Weidel earlier this month, Musk agreed with the wild conspiracy theory that Hitler was a communist.—
David Gilbert,
WIRED,
20 Jan. 2025
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Carnival feared it could be sued for damages of up to $600 million for parking its cruise ships at Havana docks that had been seized decades earlier by Cuban communists.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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For Patel and his colleagues, the conspiracy theories coming out of the extremist right presented a tremendous opportunity.—
Tess Owen,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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Lewis said being from Kansas, lots of her students and colleagues went to watch the prestigious skating championship.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee and,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2025
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Starring Keke Palmer and SZA, the film's mashup of Hollywood and music royalty forms the backdrop for a buddy comedy that borrows from a long tradition of side-by-side slapstick flicks.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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That’s the kind of boy who sets in motion the plot of One of Them Days, a lighthearted and sometimes fun buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA, with the music superstar in her feature-film debut.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2025
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The 2010s resistance to Trump — that sprawling, seemingly irrepressible mass movement that joined everyone from Bush Republicans to Bernie socialists — was like little else in the modern era.—
Ross Barkan,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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But to hear Biden, who ran for the Presidency not as a democratic socialist or a social democrat but as a centrist in the party, speak out against the gathering signs of oligarchy has meaning.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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Lawyers for Nelson also argued that one of his accomplices had injuries that were consistent with the assault while Nelson did not.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Canales and an accomplice allegedly lured a 14-year-old to Lions Park in Everett, KOMO News reported.—
Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Rashford’s route to another Italian side, Juventus, has already been closed off by their capture of fellow forward Randal Kolo Muani on loan from Paris Saint-Germain.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chaudhry, a research fellow at University College London and founder of ResearchPal, believes AI is on course to face diminishing returns.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrade. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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