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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.
—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
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
Adjective
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There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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As in earlier periods, these developments were not entirely harmonious.—
David Mislin,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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An independent redistricting commission — transparent, balanced and insulated from the very political pressures that have corrupted this process.—
Daryl Campbell,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Still, the majority of testers found it to be balanced and consistent throughout.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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The method of literacy instruction is often associated with smaller letter sounds, like consonant blends or syllables.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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That is why Pärt’s music in English, with its many single-syllable words, consonant clusters and diphthongs, sounds one way.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But such disagreements tended to be handled with the decorous language of diplomacy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The playing position was thought more decorous than the position for the violin, and the mandolin itself was visually attractive, appearing as a fashion accessory in any number of paintings.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes,
3 Sep. 2024
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On the pool deck, a minimalist railing acts as a congruous border to this backyard retreat.—
Rachel Silva,
ELLE Decor,
24 May 2023
Adjective
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The film got an A- CinemaScore, respectable critic reviews, and theaters themselves helped activate their audiences.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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Gustafsson’s game isn't about his offense despite having some elements (above-average skating and respectable handling for a big man).—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Quatraro asked for clarification and left the field without a satisfactory expression.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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The defense was more than satisfactory in subduing the league’s top offense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The correct volume is 165 million metric tons.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Reinsdorf feels Graham is the correct solution to these problems.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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“Companionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionate. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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