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Recent Examples of chummy But the swipe-fees measure has found itself in unusually chummy waters: It’s simultaneously supported by some prominent business groups, like the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Colorado Restaurant Association, alongside the far more liberal Bell Policy Center. Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025 Bush was also notably chummy with his successor, offering Obama a belly tap while heading to his pew at the National Cathedral and receiving a pat on the back in return. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025 Matty finally gets back to being chummy with Olympia again in this episode, for a couple of reasons. Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 The chummy scene in the White House this week with Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador was telling. Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chummy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chummy
Adjective
  • The legal battle between these parties has become a familiar topic in sports law.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
  • The skills that prepare a child to read begin developing in utero, as a baby listens to the familiar voices around them and begins to develop connections between sounds and the meanings of words in their home language.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • In Alaska, warm and dry conditions coupled with frequent thunderstorms and lightning have resulted in more than 100 fires since Wednesday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
  • Concrete and asphalt radiate heat absorbed during the day, making urban areas typically several degrees warmer than rural areas, the weather service said.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • And for the people who spend 80-hour weeks sweating all the intimate details of service, the job means so much more than work, the team so much more than colleagues.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • The writers seemingly wanted to make a more intimate, heist-style crime drama without figuring out why or how Riri would fit into it.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • This friendly caller is helping seniors feel less lonely, The Wall Street Journal reports.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • This is a guide that is both a friendly flower refresher course for the veteran gardener and a wonderful introduction to flowers for the novice.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bacon has served Nebraska in Congress since 2017, winning multiple competitive races in the state's 2nd Congressional District, an area that has seen increasingly close contests between Republicans and Democrats in recent election cycles.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
  • The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Historians will judge the massive U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities by trying to answer two questions, which ultimately become inseparable.
    Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
  • The owners of Ferrari’s Italian Villa and Chop House in Grapevine have been inseparable since that fateful moment.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025

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“Chummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chummy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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