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
McCoy filed paperwork with the SOS office in July to have her name removed as Billings’ running mate.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
The Timberwolves spent $225 million this summer to keep Julius Randle and Naz Reid as running mates for Anthony Edwards, and the Wolves return all but one key rotation player from a team that has made it to the Western Conference finals in each of the last two seasons.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Harris then picked Walz as her running mate, and more memes ensued, many of which depicted him as an endearing, if slightly embarrassing, Midwestern dad.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
Investor Mark Cuban said Thursday that former Vice President Kamala Harris’s team offered to vet him as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 June 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
The Timberwolves spent $225 million this summer to keep Julius Randle and Naz Reid as running mates for Anthony Edwards, and the Wolves return all but one key rotation player from a team that has made it to the Western Conference finals in each of the last two seasons.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Harris then picked Walz as her running mate, and more memes ensued, many of which depicted him as an endearing, if slightly embarrassing, Midwestern dad.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
Investor Mark Cuban said Thursday that former Vice President Kamala Harris’s team offered to vet him as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for running mate
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One of two vice-chairmen of the commission, the general is the third-most powerful commander of the People’s Liberation Army and has been considered a close associate of President Xi Jinping, the army’s commander-in-chief.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Mann said Heat 2 would not deal with the events of 1995 in the original movie but would start rather one day after, with only Hanna’s associate Chris Shiherlis, played by Val Kilmer still alive.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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To investigate, the Balbach and her colleagues developed a special technique to follow the metabolism of glucose between non-activated and activated sperm.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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But what are Jensen and colleagues looking for?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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The following morning, Speak discovered his friend after arriving at his house to pick him up, the intention being to take him to Manchester Airport for a flight to Dubai.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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For the first time on the show, the friends and family members selected by each celebrity contestant for their dedications will join them on the ballroom floor.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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Racing with some buddies of course, and that's coming closer with the unveiling of the Jetson Air Games concept recently.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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The latter exchange exemplifies why Boston Blue works best when Wahlberg and Martin-Green are driving the action with their easy, buddy-cop chemistry.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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Its ready-to-wear and accessories division has also proved a solid earner, with sales rising 6 percent in the first half, helping the company outperform its sector peers.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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On a Thursday afternoon, Burke and her peer color guard members, Caroline Pilla and Lenore Pratt, took a brief midterms study break to chat with PEOPLE about why Belichick’s first year as head coach feels so different.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Running mate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20mate. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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