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Recent Examples of roommates
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.
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommates
Noun
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The joy of setting a beautiful table and the convenience of throwaway dishes are no longer mutually exclusive thanks to Pavilion, a design-forward paper plate company dreamed up by a pair of grad school classmates.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Now in their mid-30s, the former classmates are being forced to return home and finish high school once and for all.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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After some time, Hamlin emerged from his car and was greeted by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, relishing the fact his sixth attempt at a title wasted away despite leading 208 of the 319 laps after starting on the pole.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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With the Dodgers’ season on the line, Rojas hooked Hoffman’s elevated slider into the first row of left-field seats, stealing the spotlight from Ohtani while sending his teammates spilling from the first-base dugout.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Last summer, following Mamdani’s stunning primary victory, many friends and colleagues were anxious that this Democratic candidate was too liberal, too anti-business, too inexperienced for the global stage, and simply too young.—
Sally Susman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The plan is certain to divide the Democratic caucus — and possibly also their Republican colleagues — as senators try to assemble a bipartisan deal to reopen the government, ending 35 days of a debilitating shutdown.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And some of our other coworkers will be traveling.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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But Roker wasn't done with his coworkers.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Reformation’s retail outposts then become places for customers to socialize, try on clothes, interact with associates, serving as brand conversion hubs.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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According to the press release, the park employed about 70 full-time associates.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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The festival's institutional partners are Brown-Forman, the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation and the Owsley Brown II Philanthropic Foundation.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Roommates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommates. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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