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Recent Examples of pen pal
When looking for a pen pal, start with family and friends.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
The actress and musician reportedly met at camp as pre-teens and became pen pals to keep in touch.
—Sydney Wingfield, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
With so much time apart, the two returned to their pen pal roots.
—Sydney Wingfield, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
And just like that… Carrie Bradshaw is back — this time, as an aspiring fiction writer and pen pal to Aidan.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
The actress and musician reportedly met at camp as pre-teens and became pen pals to keep in touch.
—Sydney Wingfield, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
With so much time apart, the two returned to their pen pal roots.
—Sydney Wingfield, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
And just like that… Carrie Bradshaw is back — this time, as an aspiring fiction writer and pen pal to Aidan.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen pal
Noun
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Reubens had purposely foregrounded his alter ego Pee Wee and hid himself from the public spotlight, making appearances on TV shows like The Tonight Show with David Letterman as the character.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The possibly confused, wound-up Holmes is a world away from Mister Romantic, the long-running alter ego behind Reilly’s new album of romance ballads, What’s Not To Love.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 June 2025
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One of his assistant coaches, Royal Ivey, is a former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate of Durant and has been one of his closest friends for decades.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Your success in dealing with friends and groups today could lead to future travel opportunities or a chance to deal with matters favorably, especially legal matters.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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The Tramp tries to strike it rich in Alaska during the Klondike gold rush with his eternal optimist of a pal, Big Jim.—
Colin Fleming,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Even Iran’s pal, Vladimir Putin, invader of Ukraine, who has been using Iranian drones against the Ukrainians, doesn’t want a nuclear Iran.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Known as the Lotus Elise's blood brother, the VX220 was built from 2000 to 2005.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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Trending The Milli Vanilli story is a lot like how Monsters presents Erik and Lyle: two blood brothers trapped in a miserable lie, with nobody to trust except each other, vulnerable but hiding behind a glam facade.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2024
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The clip, which Ring shared with Newsweek, captures a typical afternoon for Mako, who can be seen on the footage heading over to his buddy Leonard's house.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Should Congress enact an antitrust exemption for college sports, perhaps, or create a special class of non-employment for student-athletes to ensure they can be exploited in perpetuity by sleazy college officials in polyester slacks and their booster buddies?—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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According to the TikTok profile, Kieffer is six feet and 10 inches tall, while his partner stands at six feet and two inches.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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But Trump has often expressed a more complicated view of Russian aggression, at times even seeming to treat the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, more as a potential partner than as a threat.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The Santal, in South Asia, believed that witches (always female) copulated with spirit familiars and devoured the organs of children.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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But before Guillermo leaves for good, Nandor offers him a seat in his coffin, which unexpectedly is revealed to be the secret entrance to the underground crime-fighting lair much to the former familiar's delight and surprise.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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One coped with blindness, another with deafness and still others with the loss of intimates.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
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But make no mistake, the dozens, too, is a performance of the intimate.—
Hanif Abdurraqib
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen%20pal. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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