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
Low-pressure, comfortable companionship supports deeper intimacy just as much as active socialization can.
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Mark Travers, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The unusual love story began when Wika started chatting with Kasper, an AI designed to simulate human conversation and companionship.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.
—Emily Temple
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
It's even being blamed for the suicide of Adam Raine, a California teen who had been using the chatbot for companionship and spoke with it about his mental health, according to news reports.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
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Mark Travers, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The unusual love story began when Wika started chatting with Kasper, an AI designed to simulate human conversation and companionship.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.
—Emily Temple
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
It's even being blamed for the suicide of Adam Raine, a California teen who had been using the chatbot for companionship and spoke with it about his mental health, according to news reports.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionship
Noun
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Andrew quit public life in 2019 over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein but makes occasional appearances at private family events, usually at church.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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King Charles’ brother, Prince Andrew, has been tainted by his own friendship with Epstein.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Last Viking, the latest collaboration between Danish writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen and his longtime muses Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, is a wild, darkly comic fable about brotherhood, identity and the limits of sanity.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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But even in an exhibition game with city bragging rights on the line, Lackey said the competition is all about brotherhood.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The report generated concerted pushback from the scientific community.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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An elevator connects all the different levels, with the high-altitude location offering sweeping views of the surrounding community, from downtown Boulder to the university campus to the surrounding Flatirons.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Patrick, who completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and currently serves as founder of FoundMyFitness, has built her reputation on translating complex scientific research into actionable health insights.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The fellowship targets entrepreneurs who graduated from a Michigan college or university in May 2022 or later and who will commit to staying in Detroit for at least 12 months, working a minimum of 40 hours per week on scaling their venture.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Your body is full of untapped areas that can enhance pleasure and take intimacy with your partner up a notch.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If a company commits to build domestically, it should be required to place those production facilities into service before receiving tariff exemptions or other government support.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI took a significant step towards that transition last week, announcing that its nonprofit parent will continue to have oversight over the company and will own an equity stake of more than $100 billion.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Monoculture Problem Just as agricultural monocultures make ecosystems vulnerable to disease, cognitive monocultures make human societies vulnerable to manipulation and groupthink.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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While the motivation behind the killing is still unknown, Kirk's death has escalated anxieties about the rise of political violence in the United States and the deepening divide within American society.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Francis was leading from a place of unification and camaraderie where all of these boys, Stebbins included, don’t want to see each other falter and don’t want to see each other die.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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The first movement has ample opportunity for Copes and Albers to demonstrate not only their own skill as separate musicians but also an easy camaraderie that comes from years as colleagues.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Companionship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionship. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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