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as in boyfriend
a male romantic companion
most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament
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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime
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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow
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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field
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Recent Examples of fellow
David John Chávez is a former chair of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, a 2020 O’Neill National Critics Institute fellow, and a two-time juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2022-’23).
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Rosales praised his fellow two retiring commissioners and offered some advice for those chosen to take their places.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
By mid-March, the price of Russian Urals crude stood at $90 a barrel, twice as high as in February, according to Sergey Vakulenko, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Markets may ultimately care less about the politics than about the economic impact of the conflict, said Robin Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
—Lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Rosales praised his fellow two retiring commissioners and offered some advice for those chosen to take their places.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
By mid-March, the price of Russian Urals crude stood at $90 a barrel, twice as high as in February, according to Sergey Vakulenko, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Markets may ultimately care less about the politics than about the economic impact of the conflict, said Robin Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
—Lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellow
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Li, who was found shot to death outside his apartment in San Gabriel, was Yan Wang's boyfriend at the time, according to the DA's Office.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Fernandez’s boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, was sentenced to death in 2018, and his automatic appeal petition is currently pending in California Supreme Court.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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In January, Yemen’s Interior Ministry re-upped a request to its Emirati counterpart to apprehend Al-Maqtari and his associates.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online.—
Kyle Eustice,
VIBE.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Among respondents, 50% identified as male and 48% as female, with an average age of 45.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
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Experts assume that the whale is a young male, as males, unlike females, tend to migrate.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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In Spokane, Washington, the Current found itself on the wrong end of a lopsided half against the Seattle Reign.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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Braam said the 900-pound structural steel beam will be hoisted into place in about a week-and-a-half.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Rock stars and their equivalents in other genres often develop their craft in obscurity before being discovered; idols are apprentices, trained exhaustively by their management companies.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Short-term money market funds and cash equivalents can offer places to hide from the volatility.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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The 32-year-old Opa-locka native went so far as to write a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian requesting leniency before her former beau’s sentencing.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The song comes alongside a video, shot by Michael Grant, which features a beaming Bey cozied up with an apparent beau in a bucket hat.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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Randolph’s wife and daughter were in the courtroom gallery throughout the trial with other relatives and the sergeant’s former colleagues.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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As my colleague Sam McDowell deftly summed up last week, Royals outfielders combined in 2025 to finish last in on-base percentage, 29th in OPS (on-base plus slugging), 29th in home runs and 30th in runs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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And to have a guy like him who understands what the competition looks like on the floor, but is still here to kind of enhance the environment, help celebrate his teammates, give his teammates wisdom.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Those guys are all older than me, [Richard] Linklater and [Robert] Rodriguez and all of those guys.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Fellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellow. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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