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Recent Examples of messmate
But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.
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BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messmate
Noun
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Every episode exploring the fallout of a 13-year-old boy, Jamie (Owen Cooper), being accused of murdering one of his classmates, Katie (Emilia Holliday), is shot in a single take.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
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Kirkpatrick and his Myers Park High School classmate, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick, spoke about their entwined family histories.—
Ashley Mahoney,
Axios,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While some owners might opt to add a playmate to the mix, not all cats desire having another pet in the house.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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But craving collaboration and loving my audiences made that same crowd my playmates, my bandmates.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Her Japanese teammate, Mone Chiba, was third with 215.24 points while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn gave the Americans three of the top five.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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But the most recent well-wishes might turn some heads, given who the messages are coming from: arguably Watkins’ and her USC teammates’ biggest rivals, UCLA.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That was certainly the case for marine biologist Professor Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues at the University of Auckland, who did not expect to find an octopus riding a shark.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Leavitt and her colleagues could stock the briefing room’s front rows with sycophantic figures – or move more serious questioners to the back.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lavin’s death is a particularly emotional loss given the heartfelt nature of the sitcom, which follows three longtime friends who decide to move in together after the death of their fourth comrade.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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One of his comrades, Elliot (Cosmo Jarvis), was badly wounded.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The defense listed details of Funke’s and Mortensen’s social media and call activity in the hours following their housemates’ deaths.—
Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Everyone in the study began taking their pills once a day within three days of when their housemate first reported symptoms of COVID-19.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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But the bar for the Mile High City hosting big-time college events was set by Kinney and his compatriots almost four decades earlier.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Chrono and his compatriots show rock-solid determination to go through the timeline again and again until things are made right.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Messmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messmate. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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