playmates

Definition of playmatesnext
plural of playmate

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Noun
  • Malikah Auguste, a ninth-grader at Cristo Rey and an intern with Miami Lighthouse, saw the impact the visit had on her classmates.
    Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Friends and classmates cheered as Baltimore County native Reid Wiseman launched into space for a moon mission aboard Artemis II on Wednesday.
    Bryant Reed, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The new home base for Inter Miami has already welcomed season ticket holders for a sneak peek before the big day, allowing fans to see Lionel Messi and his teammates during a training session.
    Samantha Rivera, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Just four hours earlier, Bueckers’ former teammates advanced to the women’s Final Four for the third year in a row with a 70-52 win against rival Notre Dame in the Elite Eight.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After more than 11 years with the Golden Police Department, Chief Joe Harvey was honored by colleagues, friends and family for his service and compassion.
    Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Vulnerable, voiceless elders in Miami-Dade who are removed from their homes for their own good will likely wind up in the hands of an Adult Protective Services supervisor promoted to a position of unparalleled power despite the objections of family members and whistleblowing colleagues.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Court documents show the suspects allegedly lured a private driver, who was hired by Arnold, and his two associates to an apartment in Tampa.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • His case grew out of a broader Miami indictment filed in 2018 that charged eight associates with looting PDVSA, including senior executives and lawyers.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • So, too, with the growing legions of lonely people who outsource their emotional needs to AI companions.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the suits claim that anthropomorphic chatbots, while engaging with users as platonic and romantic companions, acted as potent suicide coaches, helping teenagers and adults alike write suicide notes and plan their deaths.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Eric Schmidt, a former Google CEO, has invested in Ukrainian drone manufacturers and believes that the Ukrainians could one day overtake their Western peers in the arms market.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Miles away in the nation's capital, Germantown Friends alumnus and current Howard University student Isaac Okewole is also resonating with the same song, along with his peers in the university's first a cappella group.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The first version of the app was in 2012, and the company was officially formed in 2017 with just two friends.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Playmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmates. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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