Thesaurus results for RUNNING MATE

running mate

noun

Definition of running mate

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another inseparable running mates who first met when they were in elementary school

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Recent Examples of running mate Sara Duterte and President Marcos were running mates in a whirlwind alliance in the 2022 election but have since had a bitter falling out. — Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 CeeLo Green just released the first Gnarls Barkley album in 18 years last week alongside his running mate producer Danger Mouse, Atlanta, which will serve as the final installment from the duo. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2026 Traynere is running in the Democratic primary March 17 with running mate Barbara Ann Parker. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026 Jaylen Brown has elevated his offense to — in the opinion of LeBron James, at least — an MVP level this season with running mate Jayson Tatum rehabbing from a torn Achilles tendon. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for running mate

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The images — found in a search by The Washington Post — follow other controversial actions and rhetoric from former Collins staffers and other Collins associates that have dogged his Senate campaign.

— Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Wolfe allegedly tipped off three associates who together made about $515,000 in unrealized profits.

— Chase Jordan August 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

Carlile shared the stage with Parton, and her colleagues in the Highwomen, at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
My colleague Bruce Feldman has been talking up the Wolfpack all offseason, due in large part to stud QB CJ Bailey and RB Duke Scott, who had 947 all-purpose yards as a freshman.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

Her Steel Magnolias costars Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine and Sally Field also penned emotional tributes, as well as her friends Jane Fonda, Carol Burnett and Billy Ray Cyrus.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
The first is something Panthea Parker, a headache become corporeal, brings up at a jewelry event hosted by her friend Queenie.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

Brink appreciates the example the former league MVP sets for her peers.

— John W. Davis, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2026
Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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