friendly with
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: having a casual rather than close friendship
They are friendly with their new neighbors.
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Watson and Crick were friendly with Wilkins, who filled them in on the unpublished results coming out of Franklin's lab.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Trump is friendly with Larry Ellison, the ultra-wealthy founder of Oracle.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Ross, who has owned everything from superyachts to multiple small boats, has become Navier’s lead brand ambassador—and contributed multiple ideas to make the first N30 more boater-friendly with specific details such as cupholders, a lavatory and ergonomic screen.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
The ingredients list being as short as organic cacao, organic cane sugar and organic cacao butter, makes for the majority of the bars to be vegan-friendly and others keto-friendly with only being sweetened by monk fruit, a zero calorie sweetener.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Trump is friendly with Larry Ellison, the ultra-wealthy founder of Oracle.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Ross, who has owned everything from superyachts to multiple small boats, has become Navier’s lead brand ambassador—and contributed multiple ideas to make the first N30 more boater-friendly with specific details such as cupholders, a lavatory and ergonomic screen.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
The ingredients list being as short as organic cacao, organic cane sugar and organic cacao butter, makes for the majority of the bars to be vegan-friendly and others keto-friendly with only being sweetened by monk fruit, a zero calorie sweetener.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Friendly with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friendly%20with. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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