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Recent Examples of playmate
Winnie, however, has found a new playmate in Jones' 4-year-old dog, Kallie.
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
A week after firing coach Robert Saleh and elevating assistant Todd Downing to play-caller, the Jets acquired wide receiver Davante Adams, another one of Rodgers’ old playmates from their Green Bay days.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.
—Katherine Rundell, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The mammals mimicked their playmate’s face quickly, too, often flashing a grin in less than one second.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
A week after firing coach Robert Saleh and elevating assistant Todd Downing to play-caller, the Jets acquired wide receiver Davante Adams, another one of Rodgers’ old playmates from their Green Bay days.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.
—Katherine Rundell, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The mammals mimicked their playmate’s face quickly, too, often flashing a grin in less than one second.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playmate
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With colleges enrolling more later-in-life students, having athlete classmates who are also later-in-life may seem normal and appropriate.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig, her classmate at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, 19, faces a lifetime of care after a suffering a traumatic brain injury.Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Challenge your housemates to a game at the bowling alley at Beartooth Pub & Rec.Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Yet the audience soon comes back to reality to spend a few more scenes with the housemates.William Earl, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Instead of heading to morning classes, my high school freshman watched over younger schoolmates whose parents have to work.Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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Kolesar is always the first to drop the gloves to defend a teammate and is just flat-out better all over the ice than he’s been in previous seasons.Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Several Miami Heat teammates also made the trip to the Camarillo gym.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Then, he was picked up by his former college roommate and Packers coach LaFleur.James Boyd, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Charging documents indicate Gonzalez Hernandez was identified by two of Ruiz's roommates.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
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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
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His teammates, all boards and staff mourn Lucas' survivors and our thoughts are with his family, friends and companions.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Maltese breed, known for its friendly and affectionate nature, is a small and playful companion.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Honor has an office in Indonesia and is working with one local manufacturing partner, Justin Li, the Chinese company’s president of South Pacific operations, told reporters last week.Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Routines can change, though, as attested by Beth Mars, a U.K. mom living out in Waikato, New Zealand, with her partner; their three sons, aged 5, 3, and 20 months; and his kids from a previous relationship.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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