1
as in buddy
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
really close friends who like to do everything together and are always sharing secrets
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2
as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
hopes that the new governor will be a friend to environmental causes
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Recent Examples of friend
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 June 2026
The judge said the district attorney had been a friend since 1999 and acknowledged having gone to the a private mixer held on the sidelines of the event to visit with former colleagues in the district attorney's office.
—CBS News, 16 June 2026
Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Sending his wife Luciana and all his family and friends our condolences.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Later that month, he was struck with tragedy when a car crash in Nigeria led to the deaths of his close friends, personal trainer Latif Ayodele, and strength coach Sina Ghami.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 June 2026
The judge said the district attorney had been a friend since 1999 and acknowledged having gone to the a private mixer held on the sidelines of the event to visit with former colleagues in the district attorney's office.
—CBS News, 16 June 2026
Verb
The discourse started to boil when the Duchess of Sussex declared to friend Mindy Kaling that her last name is now Sussex in season 1 of Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, which premiered in March 2025.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Sending his wife Luciana and all his family and friends our condolences.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friend
Noun
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Schwarts was at the game with two buddies, Nehoray Karadi and Moor Ailoz, who live in Milwaukee.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Evan and his buddies happen to stumble into the island’s sacrificial chamber during the storm, and while trying to chase them out, Kenny ends up victim to the curse.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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The surest sign bitcoin will never be money can be found in what excited its proponents on the way up, along with its critics on the way down.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Its proponents have turned it into a symbol of freedom and defiance.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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While Marisa is cleaning out a room, her son, Ty, is befriended by a wealthy politician named Chris (Fiennes), resulting in a classic meet cute of the mistaken identity variety.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Meanwhile, with Anas forced into hiding, a colleague who worked with him on the documentary, Amad Hussein Swali, was murdered in a shooting, a crime for which nobody has been caught.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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My colleague Michael Scherer reported on the administration’s decision to supersede America250, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to celebrating this year’s Independence Day, with a partisan analogue, Freedom 250.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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The pending bill’s supporters say its changes are designed to address cases like that of Gilberto Guttierrez, a Los Angeles County man who has been accused of attacking his wife four times over the last 12 years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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One of those fans was England supporter Sebastian Oldfield.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Verb
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The tattoo of a Totenkopf, the death’s head emblem associated with Nazi concentration camp guards?—
Megan McArdle,
Washington Post,
14 June 2026
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But the attack ads and political endorsements generally associated with running for other offices have started showing up in judicial races, alarming some judges and raising questions about whether candidates who engage in such activity have the right temperament for the job.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Both Pramaggiore, a onetime rising star in Chicago’s corporate world, and McClain, who was a top lobbyist for the utility and one of Madigan’s closest confidants, were sentenced to two years behind bars and had been scheduled for release in August 2027.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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Meta tech chief Andrew Bosworth, a 20-year company veteran, is a close confidant of Zuckerberg's and someone the CEO could turn to for a bigger role in AI if the newcomers are perceived as failing, the sources said.—
Jonathan Vanian,Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
14 June 2026
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Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer and longtime civil rights advocate, said generations of Black farmers have faced barriers accessing government loans and agricultural assistance programs.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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But he and other LGBTQ+ advocates also say that the current political climate, with its backlash to gay rights progress, is playing a role.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
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“Friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friend. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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