confidants

plural of confidant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confidants One of the elder Van Praag’s friends and confidants is a football coach in Florida by the name of George LePorte. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025 For Kendra Hilty, a TikTok user whose saga about falling in love with her psychiatrist has gone viral, her chatbots are like confidants. Josh Feldman, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025 The new board members include close confidants like Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the attorney general. Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidants
Noun
  • Many of the moments are based on stories told to me by my nurse friends, or my men friends and family who were hospitalized and remember some of what happened to them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Following the news of the internet star’s death, several of his friends shared tributes on social media.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 28 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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“Confidants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidants. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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