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Recent Examples of pen pal
At the end of each episode, the show offered an opportunity to write in and request a pen pal.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Hopefully, other neighborhoods around the country are similar to ours with kids riding bikes and playing hide-and-seek
Letter writing and pen pals
Who else remembers when getting mail was the most exciting thing ever?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
At the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, a prison pen pal ministry, comprised of a group of about 40 parishioners, corresponds with men and women incarcerated in Illinois prisons.
—Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Hopefully, other neighborhoods around the country are similar to ours with kids riding bikes and playing hide-and-seek
Letter writing and pen pals
Who else remembers when getting mail was the most exciting thing ever?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead, an innocent pen pal relationship blossoms into something more profound.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
At the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, a prison pen pal ministry, comprised of a group of about 40 parishioners, corresponds with men and women incarcerated in Illinois prisons.
—Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen pal
Noun
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All the while, Schnapp and his fictional alter ego became increasingly intertwined.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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But, in an interview given in October, 2001, Navarro attempted to fill, with what sounds like shamelessness, the gap between himself and his alter ego.—
Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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My friends have been shoved down, tear gassed, pulled over by ICE.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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On one occasion my friend was coming for dinner at my house.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An email to Damon has also been leaked, as have a slew of texts between Lively and her reportedly estranged pal Taylor Swift, who Baldoni’s camp now intends to call as a hostile witness.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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But even scarier than choosing which of your three pals to banish is the mission awaiting them in the cabin.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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Kevin and his buddy Jason Young started texting.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This beach is also dog-friendly, so count it a great place to bring a little buddy of your own.—
Alanna Bennett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Quarterback Matthew Stafford against former Rams linebacker Ernest Jones IV, former dueling partners in practice now leading their units against each other.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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The United States is always going to be a vital partner.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Emily + Meritt is a 64-piece capsule that spans intimates, sleep, loungewear and accessories.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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This collection expands the TempSync line, following the successful 2025 launch of the intimates collection, which drove over $1 million in sales during its first six weeks.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
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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 30 Jan. 2026.
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