comrades

plural of comrade
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as in communists
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state a novel about an aging comrade's eventual disenchantment with communism and its excesses

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Recent Examples of comrades During the May 27 Roscosmos EVA that featured cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, Fedyaev controlled the station’s European Robotic Arm (ERA) with both his comrades attached. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 That day, DiPasquale and nine of his comrades were called to Tower 2 just after it was struck. Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026 Lee’s tragicomic blankness makes the haplessness of his comrades’ efforts to bring him in as an ostensible traitor all the funnier. Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 Always in motion, Ortiz shuttled in and out of the apartment over the next few days, writing reports in code, meeting with trade-union comrades. Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 Pezzulo was attempting to lift debris off his comrades when the North Tower collapsed 30 minutes later and he was buried by falling debris. ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 But there’s always room to commune with the comrades who were there at the start. Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 The chopper gets shot down, and Wolverine must fight his way back to reunite with Sabretooth and Mystique, his Team X comrades. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 In just the three hours of playtime, Logan nor his comrades have an issue with cussing. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Whereas Putin takes extravagant risks on the international stage but is loath to hold his associates accountable for incompetence, Xi is just the opposite.
    Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Banks was charged alongside two other OTF associates for the murder.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But recounting each group’s beginning and remembering many wonderful friends who have passed away were also important to those gathered.
    Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Also very modern-seeming are the complex emotional relationships Perry describes between spouses, parents and their children, siblings or friends from different cultures or societies.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Speakers blasted the opposing party as socialists and communists in speech after speech.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The event cast Democrats as too left wing, describing them as communists, anti-American or even evil.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Kyl rose to a leadership position during his last full term in the Senate, when his Republican colleagues selected him as minority whip.
    JACQUES BILLEAUD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Wixted and his colleagues have found that confidence in court is a poor indicator of a witness’s accuracy.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Rosé lives the California dream, as her buddies drop into empty swimming pools on skateboards, bounce on mattresses and get up to good, clean fun.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The two meet cute at a deeply awful Toronto nightclub; Emma is trying to feel young and free, while Raiff’s character, an old soul in a twenty-something body, is taken by the somewhat older woman who is much more fun than his drunk buddies.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Speakers blasted the opposing party as socialists and communists in speech after speech.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Michigan's mid-term election ballot is littered with socialists.
    Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In my conversations with peers, the divide is no longer between believers and skeptics; few CFOs doubt that AI will materially shape their organizations.
    Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In August, India’s central bank kept benchmark interest rates unchanged, in contrast to many of its Asian peers that have hiked rates to tackle inflationary headwinds caused by the disruption to global energy supply chains.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Federal prosecutors collected the text messages, emails, bank withdrawals and deposits, and confessions of Diamantis accomplices in his bribery and extortion scheme.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The accomplices each needed to grab one warrant in plain sight with all the other contestants milling about or else face elimination.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Comrades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrades. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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