keeping company

phrase

present participle of keep company
as in dating
to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage Friends were happy to see the two keeping company.

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Recent Examples of keeping company At $2 trillion, Anthropic would be keeping company with six other businesses in the world with valuations that size or more plus Broadcom, which has been floating near the $2 trillion mark since first crossing it earlier this year. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Keeping company.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20company. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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