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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LeBron James and new playmate Luca Dončić have given the Los Angeles Lake Show life.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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For kids, anger often shows up when something doesn't go their way—like when a playmate grabs their toy.—
Jenna Autuori-Dedic,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The parents of a classmate had bought a poster-size map of the world for their daughter.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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Nobody suspected anything sinister when a sixth grader at Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Japan, asked her 12-year-old classmate Satomi Mitarai to leave their classroom just before lunch break on June 1, 2004.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Lilo, outcast by her schoolmates and coping with a gutting loss, felt the same way.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 May 2025
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The book will be published on Tuesday and features Benny the Bobcat and his schoolmates using fashion as a way to showcase their distinct style.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
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While the boorish behavior of Twain’s shipmates is cataloged throughout (snapping off pieces of ancient monuments for souvenirs, for instance), his most flamboyant portrayal is a self-portrait.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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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Michael Jordan inspired fear and resentment in his teammates and won six championships.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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The $1 billion Club World Cup kicks off Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium with Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates facing Egyptian power Al Ahly.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Those discussions were illuminating, and Microsoft’s recent Work Trend Index (also covered by my colleague Melody Brue) suggests a desire to figure this out.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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An additional 250 of their colleagues across the agency endorsed the declaration without using their names.—
Calvin Woodward,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Eventually, though, the two women became friends, then housemates.—
B. Pietras
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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At the series’ start, housemates Samir (Malik Ellasal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele) all live together in Samir’s childhood home, a single-family residence deep in Queens.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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“Playfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playfellow. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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