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as in boyfriend
a male romantic companion
most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament
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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime
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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow
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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field
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Recent Examples of fellow
While educators have always been a stabilizing force in our schools, that level of instability in our district and within its leadership forced myself and my fellow officers’ first year of leadership in the union to become that much stronger that much faster.
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Dean Ball, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, says that AI scientists still don’t match the best human scientists.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
On that trip, he was joined by friend and fellow veteran, Mary Jo Rohrbacher, who now wears his wings.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 7 May 2026
Tell us about your fellow tourees.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Dean Ball, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, says that AI scientists still don’t match the best human scientists.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
On that trip, he was joined by friend and fellow veteran, Mary Jo Rohrbacher, who now wears his wings.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 7 May 2026
Tell us about your fellow tourees.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellow
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Meanwhile, Victoria has been dating boyfriend Brandt Andersen.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Evie’s eccentric family also featured, including fiercely loving single mum Suz (Suranne Jones), sister Izzie (Liv Hill), boyfriend Josh (Adam Long), and frustrating neighbor Callum (Owen Cooper).—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Federal authorities charged more than 25 alleged members and associates of Tren de Aragua (TdA), seizing more than 80 firearms, roughly 18 kilograms of drugs and more than $100,000 in cash as part of a sweeping crackdown on the violent transnational gang.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Bell and his associates formed the Bell Telephone Company (1877), adopted a leasing model, secured patents, settled a pivotal dispute with Western Union (1879), and participated in building the manufacturing and long-distance infrastructure that scaled the telephone nationwide in the next decade.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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Many girls even change in their cars before games to avoid sharing locker rooms with biological males.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Investigators said officers found one person, an adult male, inside the vehicle that had crashed head-on into a tree in the median.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The lightning-quick Maxey repeatedly got to the basket in the first half, but the Knicks continued to give him extra attention throughout his nearly 47 minutes of playing time.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Edwards scored again in the second half as the Mighty Macs rolled.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Sixty-five years later, two of the most consequential business leaders of this century — Tim Cook of Apple and Reed Hastings of Netflix — have given us the corporate equivalent.—
Paul Hardart,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Researchers now hope to push the double copy framework even further by searching for particle-physics equivalents of other black hole features, including the event horizon itself — the boundary beyond which nothing can escape.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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While on vacation in Tokyo with her kids and new beau Lewis Hamilton, Kardashian snapped a goofy selfie with her baby boy.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Lothar’s hackles were raised when Silvia’s beau made antisemitic remarks—and mentioned that his father, Ricardo Klement, had served under Adolf Hitler.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Brunson's former The Help colleagues Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney attended the ceremony.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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While Lorenz focused on the physical and mathematical aspects of the problem, Hamilton and her colleagues were busy programming the desk computer.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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You guys went to see him and also gave his son a scholarship.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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One guy has a hairnet, but that’s about it.—
Akash Kapur,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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“Fellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellow. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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