pen pals

noun

plural of pen pal
as in alter egos

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  1. alter egos
  2. friends
  3. pals
  4. buddies
  5. partners
  6. colleagues
  7. musketeers
  8. chums
Noun
  • With a few simple prompts, anyone can summon up a team of realistic alter egos.
    — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Duality comes up a lot in Cameron’s work—alter egos, inner contradictions, mirror images.
    — Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of alter egos
Noun
  • The Moon opposes powerful Pluto, creating tension between your creative instincts and the opinions of friends, coworkers, or a larger group.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The only thing that set her aside was that her family was Mormon, but her friends didn’t judge.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • Kippenberger and his pals Werner Büttner, Georg Herold, and the Oehlen brothers.
    — Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The two women start to hang out again like college pals, gossiping and hip-hip dancing and — always – splitting a bottle of white wine.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of pals
Noun
  • The last episode ended with Heather sloppily approaching Lisa while Lisa’s Ultimate Girls Trip buddies hovered on the sidelines, ready to defend their new friend.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The hunting buddies thank God and good friends that McCoy, a Baptist preacher, survived the attack at all.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of buddies
Noun
  • From concept development to flight qualification The US company and its partners have already passed several development milestones since the program started.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Kyrylo Budanov, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said representatives of Ukraine’s European partners, from France, Germany and the United Kingdom, were also in Kyiv.
    — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • Carlsson doesn’t think about his impact much, but his colleagues and contemporaries sure do.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Atom interferometers have existed for 30 years, but none could accomplish what Folman and his colleagues wanted to do.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • When published in 1844, Dumas' novel, which evokes the adventures of musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan — yes, there were actually four musketeers — became an overnight sensation.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While the hero existed — as did Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or at least musketeers with similar names — most of the actual stories are invented, either by the sensationalist biographer or Dumas himself.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of musketeers
Noun
  • Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
  • To be sure, Maher’s ready wit and spontaneous repartee as a talk show host were central themes for the parade of chums who praised the honoree.
    — Paul Harris, Variety, 29 June 2026
Definition of chums
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