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Recent Examples of roommate
When Harry’s college roommate and his wife visited from out of town with their one-year-old, Caroline barely recognized them.
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Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Rizzi works on cases with a friend, her college roommate.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
That shift—from convenient to intentional—is what keeps a long-term relationship from slipping back into a roommate dynamic.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Apr. 2026
The roommate yelled for help, waking their two other roommates, one of whom called 911 from their room while the other tried to pull Mohammed off of the victim, prosecutors said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Rizzi works on cases with a friend, her college roommate.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
That shift—from convenient to intentional—is what keeps a long-term relationship from slipping back into a roommate dynamic.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Apr. 2026
The roommate yelled for help, waking their two other roommates, one of whom called 911 from their room while the other tried to pull Mohammed off of the victim, prosecutors said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
Noun
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Miller joined the cast of Summer House as a former paramour of Gulbranson, sparking the ire of housemate and future Giggly Squad co-host Hannah Berner.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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But when her housemate Molly (Laura Marcus) takes her relentless bullying a step too far, Bliss comes to the conclusion that perhaps the demons she’s been hunting have been under her roof the whole time.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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The cast includes Black Ops star Hammed Animashaun, Emma Sidi, who played Rose Matafeo’s flatmate in Starstruck, and Al Nash, a viral comic who satirizes social media tropes.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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This dilemma was inspired during lockdown, when my flatmate was listening to the audiobook of Bleak House.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But some classmates at Detroit’s Waldorf School connected the dots.—
Brian McCollum,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Her teachers, her students, her other classmates, the other parents that have now gotten involved since she's gone through this tragedy of loss.—
Beret Leone,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 Aug. 2025
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The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.—
Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, his teammate on the blueline is starting to see the vision.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Five other teammates shot at least two free throws.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Rory is delighted when his older sister weaves a playmate for him out of flowers and words, naming her Daye.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Earlier that same month, the former Playboy playmate tried out a splash of color, adding pink streaks to her platinum hair.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 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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He and his old Shelton schoolmate Brian Reilly (who is credited as producer, assistant editor and unit production manager on this film) started their KT Pictures company around eight years ago.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 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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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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