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as in housemate
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Recent Examples of roommate
His roommate and longtime partner, Lorene Stewart, called 911 after hearing gunfire around 9 a.m. when the former KCK homicide detective allegedly shot himself in the temple.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Agnes asks her lesbian roommate Lydie (Naomi Ackie), who impishly tells her to go for it.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
After a third-down incompletion, Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer blasted Ewers — his former roommate during Ewers’ lone semester at Ohio State — forcing a fumble.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Mona Lisa’s kicking out her roommates In a bold move, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Louvre is getting a major makeover — and the Mona Lisa is getting her own VIP space.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 29 Jan. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Agnes asks her lesbian roommate Lydie (Naomi Ackie), who impishly tells her to go for it.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
After a third-down incompletion, Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer blasted Ewers — his former roommate during Ewers’ lone semester at Ohio State — forcing a fumble.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Mona Lisa’s kicking out her roommates In a bold move, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Louvre is getting a major makeover — and the Mona Lisa is getting her own VIP space.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
Noun
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Tune in tonight at 9/8c on Bravo to see what goes down when the housemates reunite and the drama kicks off.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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The victims were Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, their housemate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Nor is there any depth whatsoever to a host of support characters played by attractive actors who don’t get to do a lot of acting here, perhaps excepting an alternately lively and too-strenuous Ayden Cross as Shaw’s flatmate Ella.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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The show, which launched in 2022 after a run at the famous Scottish arts festival, stars Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as unlikely flatmates, who are thrown together in their first year at Brent University.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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One of my other hilarious classmates, Christian Hurtado, even gave me an edit that made it into my final set.—
Madeleine Janz,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Whorton’s classmate, Jane Conrad, aided Lexington to another first place finish in the two mile (11:18.17).—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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When Jason’s ad went viral on Reddit, some accused him of trying to take advantage of his prospective subtenant.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2024
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In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.—
Christopher Weber,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2024
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But over a course of a season, such me-moments can wear on a locker room, on teammates, on those there to support.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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The only other shutouts this season have both been recorded by rookie goalies: Schroeder’s New York teammate Kayle Osborne and Gwyneth Philips of Ottawa.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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But Driscoll was a schoolmate of Vice President JD Vance.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2025
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Dozens of schoolmates chattered happily under the pines, kicking a soccer ball on sun-streaked grass, climbing a play structure and scarfing down pizza.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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