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Recent Examples of crewmate
Her crewmate on Boeing's troubled Starliner test flight, Butch Wilmore, left NASA last summer.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Williams joined her crewmate from the Starliner mission, Butch Wilmore, in retirement.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
The latter takes on the job to provide for his pregnant girlfriend, but the sea soon turns into a nightmare after a crewmate commits suicide and the captain refuses to return to shore.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Only four days long, the mission stood out for demonstrating all of the skills needed to send astronauts to the moon, including rendezvousing and docking with an Agena target and the first successful spacewalks conducted by crewmate Buzz Aldrin.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2025
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Williams joined her crewmate from the Starliner mission, Butch Wilmore, in retirement.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
The latter takes on the job to provide for his pregnant girlfriend, but the sea soon turns into a nightmare after a crewmate commits suicide and the captain refuses to return to shore.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Only four days long, the mission stood out for demonstrating all of the skills needed to send astronauts to the moon, including rendezvousing and docking with an Agena target and the first successful spacewalks conducted by crewmate Buzz Aldrin.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crewmate
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The Orientale basin will be an ongoing subject of study for members of the Orion spacecraft's four-person crew, which includes commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Additional crews were called in, and the incident was upgraded to a level two hazardous materials incident, officials said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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Video showed a soaked Molly among a pile of rocks as a crewman picked her up and carried her to the helicopter.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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There had also been a man-overboard situation on another boat, although thankfully the crewman was swiftly located and successfully recovered by his teammates.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crewmate. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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