pen pal

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Recent Examples of pen pal The paper is keepsake quality, so expect your pen pal to keep your letter forever. Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Feb. 2026 Luna cited examples of crackdowns on Monday, including a bust on an incarcerated man running a prostitution ring from prison through a pen pal system. Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 In the fifth book in the series, To Sir Phillip, With Love, Eloise becomes pen pal with Sir Philip Crane and eventually falls in love with him. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2026 Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound. Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pen pal
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Noun
  • The characters of Prince Adam, He-Man’s alter ego, dressed in a pink vest and seen by some fans as an icon for the LGBTQ+ community, and Orko, a blundering extraterrestrial wizard who helps the prince, were introduced as action figures in 1984.
    Sanat Pai RaikarAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
  • Cambridge/Harvard Square Technically its own city, Cambridge operates as Boston's uber-intellectual alter ego—home to Harvard University and MIT.
    Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Her first time visiting New York City, Mann had made plans to introduce her two friends to the larger-than-life Weinstein over breakfast.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Before Miami Dolphins draft pick Michael Taaffe and quarterback Quinn Ewers were teammates and close friends at Texas, Taaffe had the best day of his high school football career against Ewers.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • But after Ted passed away a few years ago, Copaken envisioned a space that would both further the love of jazz in Kansas City and honor his old pal.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What will that mean for a couple of buddies whose relationship might be more complex than either of them is ready to admit?
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Well, buddy, take a seat and settle in for some A+ virtue-signaling!
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, be patient with partners, spouses and close friends.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
  • Our administration will work with providers and state partners to establish stronger accountability standards so ambulances are not diverted from true emergencies.
    Nick Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • That gift for elevating the intimate continued to evolve.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Head to Hanky Panky to score intimates that won’t poke or dig during its Friends and Family Sale.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen%20pal. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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