as in playmate
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Recent Examples of playfellow
De La Warr — whose father was a childhood playfellow of Milne’s son Christopher Robin, the inspiration of the Winnie the Pooh stories — owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, which contains the forest known as the Hundred Acre Wood featured in the beloved children’s tales.
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Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playfellow
Noun
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Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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Early on, her allegiances are torn between her support of her deaf classmates and the feminist win represented by a woman being chosen to lead the university.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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But seeing her classmates come together around the issue was exciting, the student said.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Sep. 2019
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As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.—
Roger Angell,
The New Yorker,
6 June 2019
Noun
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His second shot at finding love on national television begins on Jan. 27 — and Ellis is ready to draft his forever teammate.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Tomlin and her fellow teammates are under new leadership this year.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The city charter allows city council to expel their colleagues for violation of their rules with a two-thirds vote.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Lewis said being from Kansas, lots of her students and colleagues went to watch the prestigious skating championship.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee and,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 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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My former best friend and longtime housemate is a serial monogamist and cannot go a couple weeks without being in a long-term relationship, usually having no more than two to three weeks in between very serious relationships.—
Susan Steade,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Playfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playfellow. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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