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Recent Examples of companionship Horses that are kept alone may also become stressed due to not receiving the benefits of equine companionship. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 Romantic Completion Not long ago, people looked to their spouse for companionship and stability. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 TikTok users were deeply moved by the pair's quiet companionship and filled the comments with emotional reactions and humorous interpretations. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 The Senate passed a bill that aims to make chatbots used for companionship safer after parents raised concerns that virtual characters harmed their childrens’ mental health. Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for companionship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionship
Noun
  • Topline President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s months-long friendship continued to devolve in spectacular fashion this week as the world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man engaged in a brutal back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms and beyond.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Maintaining friendships takes a lot of intention, experts said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The cowboy, that paragon of rugged individualism, stands for stoicism and a wordless sweaty brotherhood.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
  • Soda Stereo's Zeta Bosio, Charly Alberti, and more look back at how high expectations, tragedy, and a lasting brotherhood shaped the Argentine masterpiece June 21, 2025 First, there’s the black and white portrait.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • So to have somebody that innately understands rap music is to have somebody that innately understands community, struggle, and aspiration.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • The film, directed by designer Alexis Bittar and produced by Oscar winner Bruce Cohen and Bittar, examines how the flag can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans, with a focus on the LGBTQ community.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Raised in Illinois, Brokaw graduated from Yale Drama school and received a fellowship from the Drama League in New York.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • According to Vanity Fair, Macchiarini only had a six-month non-surgical fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of Birmingham, not the 36 months required for a full clinical fellowship.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Her work often explores intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 June 2025
  • This divide not only exposed the contrasting nature of the two events but also underscored the broader segmentation within the creator economy itself: scale vs. intimacy, polish vs. presence, spectacle vs. spontaneity.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Across industries, companies are feeling the squeeze from labor shortages, rising costs and nonstop pressure to boost efficiency.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • In 2022, the company launched the StanbyME, which is essentially a $1,000 27-inch tablet running LG's smart TV operating system (OS), webOS, but lacking a tuner.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The viral dystopic show, which centers around main character Gi-hun has delighted fans since its 2021 premiere, combining classic thriller elements with a deeper exploration of the human capacity for evil and the perils of an unequal society.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • The third season of HBO’s The Gilded Age—in which Jacobson plays Marian Brook, a doe-eyed newcomer to late-1800s Manhattan high society—premiered a few days prior.
    Luna Adler, Vogue, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Being someone others enjoy being around helps reduce workplace friction and builds a sense of camaraderie.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • But Alex came out, and rather liked the camaraderie.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025

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“Companionship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionship. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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