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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
Both Taylor and fellow El Dorado County resident Dawn Wolfson pointed to the decline of jobs in the lumber industry.
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Corey Schmidt
july 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Earlier this year, Palo Alto and fellow Club name CrowdStrike were crushed by concerns about AI disrupting enterprise software.
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Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Further downstate in New York City, Swift's friend and fellow musician Sabrina Carpenter was seen enjoying a meal out with friends at Emmett's on Grove in the West Village.
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Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Her fellow players were also excited to see their idol up close, many answering questions about Williams’ return in their own conversations with reporters in the buildup to Wimbledon.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
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Corey Schmidt
july 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Earlier this year, Palo Alto and fellow Club name CrowdStrike were crushed by concerns about AI disrupting enterprise software.
—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Further downstate in New York City, Swift's friend and fellow musician Sabrina Carpenter was seen enjoying a meal out with friends at Emmett's on Grove in the West Village.
—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Her fellow players were also excited to see their idol up close, many answering questions about Williams’ return in their own conversations with reporters in the buildup to Wimbledon.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellow
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The crash that killed Shirilla's boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, as well as the resulting trial that ended in her conviction, are explored in the recent documentary, The Crash.
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Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.
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And in a separate ongoing civil case, the city has issued nearly two dozen subpoenas seeking a broad array of GPS and social media data on Hubbard and his associates, according to his attorney Bryan Pease.
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In hospitality, that means making associates more productive, owners more effective and guests more satisfied.
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Witnesses reported the suspects as two males in a 1990s white, two-door sedan, similar to a Honda Accord, with tinted windows, police said.
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That’s compared with 5% of cisgender male and 11% of cisgender female students.
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Overall, half of Americans (50%) support displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, including 83% of White evangelicals and 72% of Republicans.
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The Twins’ bats answered in their half of the second, with four hits and three runs.
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More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away.
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In 2014 she was made a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, for services to the arts and to charity.
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In addition to a potential new beau, Randolph wants Ainsley to find herself in season 3.
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At the top of her list is a new beau.
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As reflected in an email thread used in the Watson case, Valentine reacted skeptically in 2019 when a colleague told her a particular hospital wanted to exit its contract with Mead Johnson.
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The incident sparked a one-game suspension for Thomas and another discourse about the treatment Clark has received from her WNBA colleagues in the floor.
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Kahan headlines Rolling Stone’s inaugural Stateside Festival on July 4, just ahead of his return to Fenway on July 18 and 19, where 70,000 people will get to see a guy with his guitar absolutely captivate.
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Then, oh yeah, defenses can’t focus too much on those guys because of how much attention Joel Embiid commands.
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“Fellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellow. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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