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Recent Examples of companionate
What matters more in long-term relationships is companionate love, where the partners have a calmer, friendship-like connection.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
For parents needing to refine the companionate element of their relationship, Brooks advised scheduling thirty minutes each day to talk about your day, worries or interests with each other.
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Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
For many couples, romantic feelings can evolve into a companionate bond over time.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
This kind of familiarity—a way of talking through the screen, jostling past even the most interesting particulars set forward in a script—can make a performer a kind of alien, companionate presence onscreen.
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Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2024
These examples make a case for animals having emotional attachments, not unlike companionate love in humans.
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Kate Golembiewski,
Discover Magazine,
18 Nov. 2021
That’s because companionate love (for a long-term partner), romantic love and lust are orchestrated by three different brain systems, which operate in tandem.
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Dina Cheney,
Good Housekeeping,
2 Nov. 2020
Yet the weight of transcendent meaning and mysticism which gets transferred from divinity to companionate marriage here (as everywhere else in our world) seems a cruelly heavy burden upon intimate life.
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Mark Greif,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2016
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
For parents needing to refine the companionate element of their relationship, Brooks advised scheduling thirty minutes each day to talk about your day, worries or interests with each other.
—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
For many couples, romantic feelings can evolve into a companionate bond over time.
—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
This kind of familiarity—a way of talking through the screen, jostling past even the most interesting particulars set forward in a script—can make a performer a kind of alien, companionate presence onscreen.
—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2024
These examples make a case for animals having emotional attachments, not unlike companionate love in humans.
—
Kate Golembiewski,
Discover Magazine,
18 Nov. 2021
That’s because companionate love (for a long-term partner), romantic love and lust are orchestrated by three different brain systems, which operate in tandem.
—
Dina Cheney,
Good Housekeeping,
2 Nov. 2020
Yet the weight of transcendent meaning and mysticism which gets transferred from divinity to companionate marriage here (as everywhere else in our world) seems a cruelly heavy burden upon intimate life.
—
Mark Greif,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionate
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In astrology, a trine is considered a harmonious aspect, as two planets of the same element work together to create a positive energy flow.
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Venus and Uranus’ harmonious connection encourages you to be spontaneous.
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Sulwhasoo's Gentle Cleansing Foam creates a rich lather that removes dirt, oil, and makeup without stripping skin, while ingredients like ginseng, orange peel, chestnut shell, and yam root leave your complexion soft, balanced, and comfortably hydrated.
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Reports promise a clear verdict on whether your gut is balanced, then hand you a roadmap of foods to eat, foods to skip and probiotics to buy.
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But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.
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The method of literacy instruction is often associated with smaller letter sounds, like consonant blends or syllables.
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This is a lovely, if rather decorous and reverent, tale of an illicit affair that’s unlikely to cause as much noise as Dhont’s last two films.
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But such disagreements tended to be handled with the decorous language of diplomacy.
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Hannah is a sustainability consultant and climate impact manager, which is congruous with an outdoor ethos and the culture around bike guiding.
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On the pool deck, a minimalist railing acts as a congruous border to this backyard retreat.
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Last year’s Superman was divisive among the hardcore fandom but grossed a very respectable $619 million worldwide, kicking off the new era of DC Studios under co-chairs James Gunn and Peter Safran on a promising note.
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Payload is up to a quite respectable Ford Maverick-edging 1,550 lb (703 kg), and towing capacity doubles from initial projections to 2,000 lb (907 kg).
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Iran hawks and an array of dissidents and mainstream voices within the Republican Party have cast doubt on whether the agreement secured satisfactory concessions from Iran.
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In several tweets shared to X on Monday, June 15, the 44-year-old former professional soccer player called out the company for allegedly delaying a flight and not resolving the issue in a satisfactory manner.
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The respondent, the lower court winner, argues that the lower court decision was correct and should be affirmed.
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Trump is correct that retail gas prices have been slow to come down.
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“Companionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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