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noun (1)

ˈkäm-ˌpir

Definition of compeer

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another like so many of his twentysomething compeers, he just had to get a tattoo

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noun (2)

as in equivalent

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value contends that no military commander of modern times ranks as the compeer of Alexander the Great

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Noun

State health authorities who have been fighting the opioid crisis for decades are still surprised by the drop, said Evan Gumas, a senior research associate at the Commonwealth Fund.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Well, this elevated me in Wendell’s eyes from solicitous writer/actor/film associate to a person who works with his/her hands to craft furniture and other heroic implements from wood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

Pollsters, the modern equivalent of soothsayers, are increasingly wrong.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
With the woeful Colorado Rockies coming to the Bronx, the Yankees could, effectively, treat those three games as the equivalent of a minor league rehab assignment for Judge.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of equivalent

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Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of colleague

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And, unlike most of its democratic counterparts, the United States has never had a female head of state.

— Gloria Steinem, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
According to this rule, the body color of animals is darker in hot and humid climates than that of their counterparts in colder climates.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of counterpart

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As Collin presents the French side of the Occupation, the Parisians are either victims, black-market opportunists, or accomplices of one sort or another.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Investigators allege Awais and his accomplices used their control of the associations to siphon money from accounts.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of accomplice

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Stuart Anderson is the executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy, where Mark Regets is a senior fellow.

— Stuart Anderson, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Greenberg joins the ranks of past Circle of Champions honorees including Sephora’s Artemis Patrick; fellow L’Oréal alum Carol Hamilton; FIT’s Stephan Kanlian and more.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fellow

Noun

He was thrust into the spotlight before most of his peers, because waiting is generally the smart thing to do.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The researchers also suggested that mechanisms should be found to allow honest agents to stop cheating by their peers, not merely to call it out on the message board.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of peer

Noun

In South Korea, Chipotle and its local partner built a supply chain designed to meet the company’s global food quality standards.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Yet the region remains less than the sum of its parts, argued Edward Au, southern region managing partner for Deloitte China, who joined Che on the panel.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026

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