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Recent Examples of confidant On the series, Watkins is played by actress Suzanna Son and depicted as a close confidant of Gein's and someone who joined him on grave-robbing expeditions. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025 But when his success sputtered at the age of 14, he was separated from living with his mother in order to sharpen his gameplay in the house of Kamp’s close confidant, who Rensch found out was also his biological father. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025 Continue reading … ‘PYRRHIC VICTORY’ – Charlie Kirk confidant says ‘liar’ Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t deserve to be a martyr. FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Lucia Balordi as Nastasia, Ellen’s ladies’ maid who has become a close friend and confidant. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for confidant
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Noun
  • Instead of disclosing her condition to her employer and circles of friends, Sickler pulled back from modeling with little explanation, thinking that the absence of her hair would certainly result in the loss of her contract.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Whenever family or friends came to visit, our first stop was always El's.
    Abby Price, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Misconstrued by many as something akin to an extended Henny Youngman routine, Portnoy’s Complaint more closely resembled, according to Albert Goldman, the comedic world of adolescent Roth and his buddies, with its audacity, ferocity, originality, and sheer fecundity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Once buddies, Robert and Alfred are now rivals.
    Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Confidant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidant. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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