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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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On the date of the incident, Dylan and her classmates were on a training platform about 16 feet below the surface.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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My kindergarten classmates tended to gravitate towards calligraphy, swimming, ballet and English conversation classes, but I would rather be caught dead than do anything that involved ‘learning together’.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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His Pumas teammates and coach know how important the dog is to Ramsey.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Baer and his teammates took the field, looking to pull off a game-tying or winning drive.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jourdan’s colleagues tracked down and reconstructed the exact make and model of radio used by Earhart and the Itasca vessel, which was waiting for the pilot off the shores of Howland Island.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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In a letter to Variety staff, Sobrino-Stearns expressed gratitude to her colleagues past and present.—
William Earl,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This lamp is a fun gift for candle lovers and a great $20 gift idea for friends, coworkers, and teachers.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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One of their last times spent with each other before Clifton moved to Tennessee was at a friend's home with a couple other coworkers.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Palantir Founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel and several associates, the data analytics firm provides services for several government agencies, including Department of Homeland Security, the Internal Revenue Service and the Army.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The crime family members and associates allegedly received a portion of the winnings in exchange for their participation, the indictment said.—
Dan Gallo,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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