playmates

Definition of playmatesnext
plural of playmate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for playmates
Noun
  • For instance, during a three-week outpatient internal medicine rotation, my classmates and I did not receive any formal training on nutrition or lifestyle counseling, despite the fact that primary care visits are a key touchpoint for discussing behavioral changes with patients.
    Lauren Rice, STAT, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn't mean that freedom of speech is freedom to incite violence against your classmates.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Several teammates asked Adebayo to autograph the boxscore on his way out of Kaseya Center on Tuesday.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Then on another occasion his teammates had a change of heart and decided not to defect along with him, forcing him to reconsider.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Liberal Democrat lawmaker Liam McArthur, who drew up the Scottish bill, had urged colleagues to back it.
    JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Talarico has criticized his Republican colleagues in the Texas state legislature for allegedly being in the pockets of the petroleum industry.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some of Epstein’s associates appeared to joke about the prospect of his victims swimming away.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Many of the assets are not in his own name, but instead held through a web of intermediaries, offshore companies, and business associates, Bloomberg reported.
    Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Enables agent‑to-agent communication so AVA companions can coordinate end-to-end tasks across users, including proposing meeting times, booking calendars, and confirming schedules.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
  • One-third of teens already prefer AI companions over humans for serious conversations, according to a 2025 survey conducted by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization that helps families navigate age-appropriate media choices.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes, Ramsden and his peers in Mississippi might hop down in the mud to lay irrigation pipe.
    Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Kindness, to ourselves and our peers, carries us forward.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Your steady nature sets a calm pace, so friends feel safe bringing ideas, and the plan grows at a sustainable rhythm.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Residents in houses gathered on rooftops and hung out of windows, with one girl with her leg outside tossing beers down from the second story to her friends on the porch.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Playmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmates. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.

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