playmates

plural of playmate

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Noun
  • Her family proudly captured the moment at graduation the next week, as her classmates laughed and cheered along, based on footage shared with the AJC.
    Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
  • In high school, Tim began taking bets on football games from his classmates by selling parlay sheets for five dollars apiece.
    Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • His teammates kissed the top of his head as the fans celebrated.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • Several of Kelce's teammates from the Kansas City Chiefs are expected to attend the nuptials.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 26 June 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
  • His wife, Francisca, and their two young sons were surrounded by relatives, friends, and colleagues during the ceremony.
    Doug Myers, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • In fact, many of us often end up buying things that our colleagues found during their search.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Many of the emails in the Epstein files had the names of his contacts and associates redacted.
    Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Entire management philosophies were built around optimizing the relationship between partners, associates, utilization, and realization.
    Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • So, the two were fitting companions in a tribute to jewelry’s earliest origins.
    Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
  • The corgi mascot is a nod to Queen Elizabeth II, who loved the breed and was known to keep many as companions throughout her reign.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Bonnie herself has grown in subsequent sequels, and now Toy Story 5 finds her as a shy 8-year-old struggling to balance her affection for vintage dolls like Jessie with the shinier tech her peers prefer.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • When David Cordani hands over the title of Cigna CEO to Brian Evanko on July 1, the triathlete will be ending the longest leadership run of any of his industry peers.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • For the admiral, this has always been a revenge mission against the Sea Snake, the man who has ruled the Narrow and Summer Seas for far too long, killing her friends along the way.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
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“Playmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmates. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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