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as in housemate
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Recent Examples of roommate
Brandon lived in Crescent City, California, with a roommate.
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Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
The witness was later identified in court filings as Robinson’s roommate at the time of the shooting.
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Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Her roommate was able to safely evacuate and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
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Matthew Ablon,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
The roommate exited his apartment and called for help.
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Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
The witness was later identified in court filings as Robinson’s roommate at the time of the shooting.
—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Her roommate was able to safely evacuate and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
—
Matthew Ablon,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
The roommate exited his apartment and called for help.
—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for roommate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
Noun
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What differentiates misophonia from simply wanting to snatch that bag of chips away from your crunching housemate?
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The May 12 episode of Summer House picks up in the middle of Kyle's standoff with longtime friend and housemate Carl Radke.
Noun
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The flatmate had been very kind.
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Set in a Barcelona shaped by housing crisis, the film follows a delivery worker on the verge of eviction who must find her missing flatmate-landlord after she is abducted by a criminal group tied to the city’s property market.
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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.
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Still, just three semesters into college, Freese briefly dropped out after signing with the Philadelphia Union, turning professional while many of his classmates were still settling into college life.
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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.
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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.
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Their teammates came forward for an arguing match before the ref pulled out the yellow to get things under control.
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Few players in the NBA set up teammates with as many easy shots as Young.
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The pandemic a handful of years ago put parents and children in the same space for extended periods, with moms and dads taking on even more concentrated roles of teacher, coach, and playmate, Price-Glynn says, evermore raising the need to talk about things like parental burnout and respite.
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Pepper’s slow pace, long pauses before taking a turn, and apparent determination to win often clashed with participants’ expectations of how a human-like playmate should behave.
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There was still no news about their captain and shipmate.
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Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.
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The two were friends and schoolmates who were wrapping up high school studies when they were approached by Oakey.
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Diana’s prep schoolmate Delissa Needham will appear in the series, speaking on camera for the first time, plus hairdresser Sam McKnight, astrologer Penny Thornton and confidante Daily Mail journalist Richard Kay.
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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