running mates

noun

plural of running mate
as in associates
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 mates 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for running mates
  1. associates
  2. colleagues
  3. friends
  4. peers
  5. buddies
Noun
  • The company’s compliance, merchandising and sourcing associates in 14 countries received additional training and tools to meet and maintain responsible sourcing requirements.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The filing also describes an alleged phone call from one of Rodriguez's associates.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • In interviews, colleagues and friends have painted the portrait of Galliano before his downfall as a brilliant designer as well as an incorrigible drunk who trashed hotel rooms.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • To that end, Gabler and her colleagues wanted to know more about the composition of the slime of a particular kind of terrestrial species that's native to central Europe, called Cepaea nemoralis, or the brown-lipped snail.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Tuesday’s story will cover making friends, and Wednesday’s story will focus on parent concerns about your school’s decisions.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • No, friends and filmmakers who have come to visit me over the years, and also people who have inquired about the project.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • In July, Peyton became the first Black woman to ever chair the Jackson County Legislature after former Chair Manny Abarca was removed by a vote of his peers.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The key to it is to give these kids an opportunity in the summer to be with their peers and not have to conform to always having to do hard things.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris and Arturo Castro also star in the film, in which Cena plays an undercover CIA agent who inadvertently gets his buddies tied up in a globe-trotting adventure.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • That night, Freddy and his buddies met Langley backstage after a performance in Oklahoma City.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of buddies

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