companionship
noun
com·pan·ion·ship
kəm-ˈpan-yən-ˌship 
: the fellowship existing among companions : company
Examples of companionship in a Sentence
They missed the companionship of longtime friends after moving to California.
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The judge’s rulings mean the surviving lawsuit now is limited to determining whether the defendants should be held liable for Princeton’s personal damages, including loss of financial support, loss of companionship, and funeral expenses.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But users aren’t waiting for an official go-ahead, and therapy and companionship is now the top way people are engaging with AI chatbots today, according to an analysis by Harvard Business Review.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
In our case, today’s market invites entire user bases to give in to AI companionship, turning a speculative screenplay into a live, unregulated social experiment.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
The judge’s rulings mean the surviving lawsuit now is limited to determining whether the defendants should be held liable for Princeton’s personal damages, including loss of financial support, loss of companionship, and funeral expenses.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Companionship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/companionship. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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companionship
noun
com·pan·ion·ship
kəm-ˈpan-yən-ˌship
: the good feeling that comes from being with someone else
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