confidants

plural of confidant

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Recent Examples of confidants Kloots serves as one of Jowsey’s three confidants on the show, guiding him — alongside Georgia Hassarati and Sonny Henty — in choosing his future wife. Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Perhaps nobody is better suited to marvel at Walker’s recent success than Chenoweth, an assistant hitting coach for the Cardinals and one of Walker’s closest confidants in the organization. Katie Woo, New York Times, 15 July 2026 Complete strangers become confidants, newcomers are entrusted with the secret rituals of the forest (like shouting for the always elusive Carl), and trading trinkets and kandi is the reigning social currency. Taryn Valentine, SPIN, 10 July 2026 Looking at these relationship issues from different perspectives, three commentators suggest that AI coworkers require far different protocols than human workers, yet in some ways, still act as confidants. Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Both Pramaggiore, a onetime rising star in Chicago’s corporate world, and McClain, who was a top lobbyist for the utility and one of Madigan’s closest confidants, were sentenced to two years behind bars and had been scheduled for release in August 2027. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 Retail investors, who were allocated about 20% of the deal, along with Musk’s confidants and colleagues, got a lot richer, too. Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 12 June 2026 Probes have touched some of Sánchez's closest confidants, as well as his wife and brother. ABC News, 8 June 2026 Friends and former confidants on college baseball staffs still went out of their way to recommend him. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidants
Noun
  • Tuesday’s story will cover making friends, and Wednesday’s story will focus on parent concerns about your school’s decisions.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • No, friends and filmmakers who have come to visit me over the years, and also people who have inquired about the project.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris and Arturo Castro also star in the film, in which Cena plays an undercover CIA agent who inadvertently gets his buddies tied up in a globe-trotting adventure.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • That night, Freddy and his buddies met Langley backstage after a performance in Oklahoma City.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

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“Confidants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidants. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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