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for company

idiom

: in order not to be lonely
I turned the radio on for company.

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Use this list as a little auditing tool as your prepare your home for company. Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025 Gap blew past expectations for company-wide comparable sales, but its athleisure brand, Athleta, was an eyesore. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025 Still bereft and furious, Aggie is trying to get on with her job, at least, while living alone in a big, dilapidated house with only a little white dog named Steve for company. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025 Everyone's a little sad in The Holdovers, Alexander Payne's charmingly sour comedy about a student stuck at his New England boarding school over the holidays with only his grouchy professor (Paul Giamatti) and the school cook (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) for company. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for for company

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“For company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20company. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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