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Recent Examples of messmate
But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.
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BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messmate
Noun
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There was still no news about their captain and shipmate.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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De La Warr — whose father was a childhood playfellow of Milne’s son Christopher Robin, the inspiration of the Winnie the Pooh stories — owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, which contains the forest known as the Hundred Acre Wood featured in the beloved children’s tales.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Her family proudly captured the moment at graduation the next week, as her classmates laughed and cheered along, based on footage shared with the AJC.—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
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Still, just three semesters into college, Freese briefly dropped out after signing with the Philadelphia Union, turning professional while many of his classmates were still settling into college life.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Noun
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The pandemic a handful of years ago put parents and children in the same space for extended periods, with moms and dads taking on even more concentrated roles of teacher, coach, and playmate, Price-Glynn says, evermore raising the need to talk about things like parental burnout and respite.—
Kimberly Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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Pepper’s slow pace, long pauses before taking a turn, and apparent determination to win often clashed with participants’ expectations of how a human-like playmate should behave.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
Noun
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In fact, many of us often end up buying things that our colleagues found during their search.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
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The 36-year-old, now a father himself, said he was reintroduced to the game by a younger colleague earlier this year and fell in love with it again.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Noun
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Their teammates came forward for an arguing match before the ref pulled out the yellow to get things under control.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
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Few players in the NBA set up teammates with as many easy shots as Young.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
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One of his book-hunting comrades was his longtime friend and fellow New York guitar visionary Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2026
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But Sharako simply pushed him overboard before ordering her men to throw Tyland's other armored comrades off as well.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Noun
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What differentiates misophonia from simply wanting to snatch that bag of chips away from your crunching housemate?—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
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The May 12 episode of Summer House picks up in the middle of Kyle's standoff with longtime friend and housemate Carl Radke.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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“Messmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messmate. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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