housemate

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Recent Examples of housemate While the nature of the relationships vary — some animals become the writers’ housemates, others remain truly wild — these memoirs share common threads. Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025 Frantic text messages between two housemates who survived the massacre that left four University of Idaho students dead have been made public as murder suspect Bryan Kohberger prepares for trial. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025 Rourke was nominated with JoJo Siwa’s killer nomination, a power which automatically put a housemate up for eviction. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025 Everyone in the study began taking their pills once a day within three days of when their housemate first reported symptoms of COVID-19. Alice Park, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housemate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housemate
Noun
  • The three women lived at the off-campus home with the other two female roommates, while Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and slept over for the night.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In a separate ruling, Hippler said that the jury will be able to hear the 911 call made the following day by the victim’s two roommates as well as the exchange of text messages between the surviving roommates at 4 a.m. when one of them spotted a masked man in the house.
    Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Despite deciding not to interact with his classmates Si-eun winds up talking to Jun-tae, played by Choi Min-young (XO, Kitty, Twenty Five Twenty One).
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.
    David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
  • All but one Essex College roomie, Reneé Rapp (who played Leighton), have returned to reprise their roles as a series regulars, which means Bela (Amrit Kaur), Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) and Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) will have to rely on each other to make it through sophomore year.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • His childhood animal playmates return to remind him about what matters in life, basically harassing him into becoming a better person.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
  • More fascinatingly, this behavior was most commonly exhibited when the dolphin’s playmate could see it, suggesting the smile to be an intentional, friendly gesture.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Whether Banchero and Wagner have enough confidence in their teammates to hit open shots is a fair question.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • LeBron James James takes a back seat to his new teammate this time around, coming in third.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • A number of survivors of that shooting now attend FSU, including schoolmates of his late daughter, Montalto told CBS News.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Simpson as clone Walton gamely boasts a long, scraggly wig and barely-there sarong until he’s rescued by his shipmates.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The North Koreans’ former shipmates remembered them showing videos of military parades and their leader, Mr. Kim, giving speeches.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This week, my fellow Wellness colleague and experienced runner, David Oliver, wrote an inspiring piece about a 77-year-old who ran the Boston marathon this week.
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Long and her colleagues are looking to see whether other parts of the eastern North American margin also have this crustal drip.
    Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025

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