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Recent Examples of playmate
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.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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
Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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
Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playmate
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The startling trends of men across a range of metrics serves as the cultural context into which Adolescence lets off a gendered bomb: a young boy angrily murders a female classmate who has questioned his masculinity.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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No hate crime charges will be brought against the 15-year-old who assaulted his Muslim classmate in Ardrey Kell High School in March, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Wednesday.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2025
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While a complete picture of that morning has yet to form, the surviving roommates’ accounts and documentation shed light on what the housemates endured in a case shrouded with mystery and speculation.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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In her place, the armband has been worn by Boswell’s housemate, Robertson, who captained them to successive victories away at AFC Wimbledon and Gwalia United.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Almost a decade in the making, and currently in post-production, the film will recount the harrowing story of the nine Charbonneau sisters and their childhood schoolmates who endured horrific abuse at St. Paul’s Indian Mission School in Marty, South Dakota.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the limited series — which consists of four episodes that take place in real-time and are all achieved with one camera take — Jamie is suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old female schoolmate named Katie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Her Japanese teammate, Mone Chiba, was third with 215.24 points while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn gave the Americans three of the top five.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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But the most recent well-wishes might turn some heads, given who the messages are coming from: arguably Watkins’ and her USC teammates’ biggest rivals, UCLA.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Devils’ Kurtis MacDermid and the Flyers’ Nicolas Deslauriers, for example, once lived together as roommates during Kings development camp.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Some of the cancellations appear to be connected to things as minor as roommate disputes or as off-campus traffic tickets, university officials said, while others appear to be connected to pro-Palestinian protest participation.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 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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Martin and a companion on April 27, 2023, entered the Washington, DC, museum and smeared washable red and black paint on the case protecting Edgar Degas’s 1881 Little Dancer Aged Fourteen in an effort to bring attention to the climate crisis.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Apr. 2025
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The cougars were paired as companions for their similar personalities and age, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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That was evident when Nike made the unprecedented move to partner with Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand on a new women’s collection, NikeSkims, that launched this spring.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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For Lyn and Lisa Alessi, co-founders and co-CEOs of Alessi International, a local fabric importer representing mills in Asia and Europe, the tariffs could pose significant challenges to their business, which works with international partners to produce fabrics for high-end clothing companies.—
Julia Doyle,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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