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hobnobber

noun

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another the actor's agent is a hobnobber with a lot of big movie producers

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Noun

Sara Matar, formerly the division’s chief of staff, joined the White House counsel’s office in August as an associate.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Clients and friends of Moncler, students from Parsons School of Design, and members of Leibovitz’s circle of friends and associates, will be attending.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of associate

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The country's two highest-ranking officials were running mates during the 2022 elections, but their alliance rapidly fell apart.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Klobuchar announced her lieutenant governor running mate, former Fergus Falls Mayor Ben Schierer, on Friday.

— Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

Definition of running mate

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Wang failed her first attempt to defend her dissertation and became envious of her colleague's success in discovering how to deliver RNA to human cells using bacteria, Gomelsky told The Associated Press.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of colleague

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The friend and my father took my older sister and me out for a walk, and, at a nearby schoolyard, the man hung the camera on an exercise bar.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
May his struggles never dim the memories of a sweet man, a dear friend, and a master musician.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of friend

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The influence of Black American music was absent from not just their Warwickshire peers at the time, but all of the dour indie milieu toiling under Thatcher’s grey skies.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Fifty percent plan to increase investment, compared with 18% of boomer owners, and 71% expect revenue growth, versus 51% of their older peers.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of peer

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Keith David, Macon Blair, Killer Mike, Cody Lightning, Siena East, and Michael Hitchcock all return as some of Lee’s Tulsa-area buddies, employees, and resentful acquaintances.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Mitt’s old fishing buddy Hewey (John Ortiz) tells Jay that his father plunged into the ocean at the edge of a steep underwater canyon off Monastery Beach, so that’s where Jay is headed.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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