as in playmate
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Recent Examples of playfellow
De La Warr — whose father was a childhood playfellow of Milne’s son Christopher Robin, the inspiration of the Winnie the Pooh stories — owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, which contains the forest known as the Hundred Acre Wood featured in the beloved children’s tales.
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Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playfellow
Noun
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Maybe, but Crow is quite literally there: a menacing big bird who has come into the room to interface with Cumberbatch, to be his supernatural playmate and philosopher and tough-love therapist.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Reach out to former colleagues, classmates, and acquaintances who have relevant skills and experience.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Lars told a story of making a prom dress for a classmate in high school that ignited his passion for design.—
Layla Ilchi,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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After a schoolmate also died from a brain tumor, the family joined forces with the school to raise money for brain cancer research.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Castro and his brother were among the schoolmates detectives interviewed during the initial stages of the investigation, Thoemmes said.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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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But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Sep. 2019
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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
Noun
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Shirazi’s brother, who played football, was taunted by his teammates.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2025
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Several of his teammates, out of their gear, joined him.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2025
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The blockchain idea is being pushed, a HUD official told colleagues, by Irving Dennis.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
7 Mar. 2025
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Suddenly, the people around them—friends, family, even colleagues—start reacting with frustration, guilt-tripping or outright resistance.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The next day, Gronkowski and his two housemates arrived home from the Super Bowl in Minneapolis and noticed the basement door was broken.—
Alex Andrejev,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A Long Island man who fatally stabbed his 63-year-old housemate has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, prosecutors announced Tuesday.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Playfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playfellow. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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