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Recent Examples of crewmate
Inside Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule, Aisha Bowe strapped in alongside her five crewmates for a quick, 10.5-minute suborbital ride to space and back.
New Shepard's rocket lifted off with the sextet on Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025
While walking toward the capsule, King and her crewmates rang a ceremonial bell before boarding.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
An emergency on their ship sends them scrambling, and when their crewmate (Finn Cole) gets trapped on the seabed with only five minutes of oxygen in his tank, the two divers have to get creative – and fast – to save him.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
During Polaris Dawn, the first flight of the Polaris Program, Isaacman and his three crewmates got farther from Earth than any people had been since the Apollo era.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025
While walking toward the capsule, King and her crewmates rang a ceremonial bell before boarding.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
An emergency on their ship sends them scrambling, and when their crewmate (Finn Cole) gets trapped on the seabed with only five minutes of oxygen in his tank, the two divers have to get creative – and fast – to save him.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
During Polaris Dawn, the first flight of the Polaris Program, Isaacman and his three crewmates got farther from Earth than any people had been since the Apollo era.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crewmate
Noun
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Thanks to a 911 call from one of the bystanders watching from a nearby condominium balcony, members of a marine rescue crew eventually made their way to the two men.—
Michele Haddon,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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Most of the crew was rescued by nearby Japanese ships.—
Mark Price
Updated July 13,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Boyer did his share of farm work and also took on odd jobs around town — jackhammer operator, cement crewman, trainer of hunting dogs.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Twenty-three crewmen suffered radiation poisoning, and one died that year; many in the country were reluctant to buy seafood, fearing contamination.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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