as in friendship
the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions
They missed the companionship of longtime friends after moving to California.
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Recent Examples of companionship
They’re deprived of their natural habitat, natural social structure and companionship.
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Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Despite the fact that several chatbot apps exist that are designed specifically for companionship, ChatGPT has emerged as a clear favorite for romantic relationships, surveys show.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Models designed specifically for companionship, like Character.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
Those people were proxies of companionship, salves for loneliness.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Despite the fact that several chatbot apps exist that are designed specifically for companionship, ChatGPT has emerged as a clear favorite for romantic relationships, surveys show.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Models designed specifically for companionship, like Character.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
Those people were proxies of companionship, salves for loneliness.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionship
Noun
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Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, their friends are also navigating the ups and downs of love and friendship, confronting the bittersweet challenges of growing up and moving on.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Regardless of Thursday’s outcome, the brotherhood meant more.—
Ty Kaplan,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan. 2026
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The brotherhood forged in Lubbock remained strong even when Dykes was the head coach at Cal and Riley was the offensive coordinator at East Carolina.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Upper Lake & Covelo Ranger DistrictsNorthshore Reforestation and Bartlett Springs pile burning located northeast of North Shore communities Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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But others could block local governments from denying large scale development projects, and potentially leave residents with less input on the future of their communities.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Throughout history, meals have been communal events fostering fellowship — and not about a group of people eating together without being able to commune.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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Ideally, that medical supervision would be from an obesity medicine specialist, an expert who goes through a specific medical fellowship to help people lose weight and keep it off, says Pinto.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The intimacy of all her personal relationships lend meaning to whatever look Moore finds herself in.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The couple appears opposite Jason Isaacs and Kate Dickie for a chilly descent into the instability of intimacy, making a buzzy, fierce first impression on the film festival circuit last year.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Employees will continue receiving company matches for donations and volunteer hours.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Laine stepped back from the company in 2019, but continued to appear on Good Bones alongside her daughter and their team.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
SHELLEY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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In a society full of cookie cutter McMansions, scrolling through customizable tiny houses on Amazon is one of my favorite forms of escapism.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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The show can be funny, the camaraderie among the characters is gratifying, and the doctors are extraordinarily good-looking in the way only TV doctors can be.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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Sauna Camp Excelsior, Minnesota Imagine the camaraderie of a summer camp, but in the middle of winter.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Companionship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionship. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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