Thesaurus results for RUNNING MATES

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

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Noun

This year, the Iranian government froze the bank accounts and seized assets belonging to more than a hundred Iranians who are living overseas, including dozens of staff members and associates of Iran International.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
To hear his closest associates tell it, the magic was in the match — pairing the talent with the tune.

— Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026

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And because nobody washed the dishes before tossing them into the feasting pit, King and his colleagues (in a 2017 study) could analyze the microscopic residue of ancient drinks that had soaked into the ceramic.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Whether El Niño will continue to strengthen is something Cole and her colleagues’ records can’t answer, but scientists are using climate models to try to puzzle that out.

— Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleagues

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Back on June 20, Sinibaldi went out with friends and family to celebrate her 29th birthday at Blu On The Hudson in Weehawken.

— Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Health officials did not name Lillian as the infected resident, but friends and family identified her to several local news outlets.

— Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

For those who have not been identified, negative feedback from adults and peers can further depress self-esteem.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The bottom line is that GPC has done a good job of bottoming this year, forming a bullish pattern, outperforming its major peers, and approaching a potential breakout from a multi-year relative downtrend versus XLY.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

Mel might be a disaster with her loud mouth and impolite antics, but her over-the-top meddling does her buddies some good.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In high school, Messick and his buddies would gather in one of their backyard pools, order pizza and watch the All-Star week festivities.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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