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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friending
befriending
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Utterback, who’d just gotten married and bought a house in Omaha, instead devoted himself to learning on his own, poring over books, making regular trips to Japan, and befriending masters of the craft.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026 -
Palmer-Tomkinson was friends with both William and Prince Harry, befriending them in childhood.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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“Friending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friending. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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