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Recent Examples of playmate
Snook’s presence, Fanning shared, drew her to the role of Jenny Kaminski, mother to Jacob (Tayden Jax Ryan), Marissa’s son Milo’s (Duke McCloud) intended playmate.
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Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
What’s hinted at is remembering and longing for the past and waking up to your own inner-playmate, no matter your age.
—Katie Grant, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
Four dogs hoping for a game of fetch have melted hearts on the internet after trying to recruit the youngest member of their family as their new playmate.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
The cubs will join the other females in the lion pride after successful, careful introductions, including Mashika, a 3-year-old female and half-sister to the cubs, who is their favorite playmate.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
What’s hinted at is remembering and longing for the past and waking up to your own inner-playmate, no matter your age.
—Katie Grant, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
Four dogs hoping for a game of fetch have melted hearts on the internet after trying to recruit the youngest member of their family as their new playmate.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
The cubs will join the other females in the lion pride after successful, careful introductions, including Mashika, a 3-year-old female and half-sister to the cubs, who is their favorite playmate.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playmate
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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
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School notes show at times, Jojo left the classroom without permission, threw things and tried to hit a classmate.—
Cheryl Fiandaca,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Daniel is a 4-year-old anthropomorphic tiger navigating Kindergarten alongside classmates who are animals and humans from various backgrounds.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
6 Apr. 2026
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Further complicating matters, Batula in January announced her separation from husband Kyle Cooke, another housemate on Bravo’s reality series.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Bailey suggests examining the journals of Blanche Glover, LaMotte’s housemate who is thought to have also been her lover.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kaveri Mehta is there to marry her childhood schoolmate turned sweetheart Abhinav Singh.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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All the scornful gazes of my schoolmates when Doc started to pick me up from campus had been worth it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Mar. 2026
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McDavid got the best of his matchup against his Canadian Olympic teammate and fellow Hart Trophy contender Macklin Celebrini, who scored on the power play to give San Jose a 1-0 lead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Several teammates alluded to his ability to keep things loose in the bullpen.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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The share of adults 65 and over looking to rent with a roommate has tripled in the past decade, according to the listings site SpareRoom.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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My roommate once jumped out of a second-story window to avoid being written up, and the experience inspired him to install a secret kegerator in our huge entertainment center/TV cabinet.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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Its companion Renpho Health app (available for Android and iOS) tracks 50 health metrics, but some (like calories consumed and burned) rely on your input or external sources.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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X-ray emission without a companion star was not expected, and existing models struggle to explain it fully.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmate. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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