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Recent Examples of playmate
The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.
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Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery's tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery.
—Brian Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery's tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery.
—Brian Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playmate
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Every episode exploring the fallout of a 13-year-old boy, Jamie (Owen Cooper), being accused of murdering one of his classmates, Katie (Emilia Holliday), is shot in a single take.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
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Adolescence stars Cooper as Jamie Miller, a 13-year-old boy, who’s suspected of killing his classmate, Katie Leonard.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
20 Mar. 2025
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While a complete picture of that morning has yet to form, the surviving roommates’ accounts and documentation shed light on what the housemates endured in a case shrouded with mystery and speculation.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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In her place, the armband has been worn by Boswell’s housemate, Robertson, who captained them to successive victories away at AFC Wimbledon and Gwalia United.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the limited series — which consists of four episodes that take place in real-time and are all achieved with one camera take — Jamie is suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old female schoolmate named Katie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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At a memorial service held by Vincent’s old schoolmates in California, his friends brought slices of apples to share and reminisced about the apple slices in his lunchbox, cut with absolute symmetry.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Her Japanese teammate, Mone Chiba, was third with 215.24 points while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn gave the Americans three of the top five.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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But if the Nets aren't interested in signing Randle, where would that huge contract come from? Randle's teammate, Naz Reid, figures to decline his $15.0 million player option and re-sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves, which could further complicate Randle's decision matrix.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the midst of writer’s block, Iris learns to navigate work and grief with a monstrous (also-grieving) new roommate inside her cramped West Village apartment.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Many founders would rather squeeze into a tiny Brooklyn apartment with three roommates than cross the Hudson.—
Aya Spencer,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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The update also brings along the handful of new Unicode 16.0 emoji, a separate app for managing a Vision Pro headset (similar to the companion app for the Apple Watch), and a grab bag of other fixes and minor enhancements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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Along with solid noise canceling, highlights include a comfy design, a great companion app, and up to 40 hours of playtime.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Adamson is the co-founder and managing partner of Metaforce, a marketing consultancy, and the author of Seeing the How: Transforming What People Do, Not Buy, To Gain Market Advantage, which is about consumer behavior, behavioral psychology and marketing analysis.—
A Martínez,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2025
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In September 2023, Joseph and her business partner purchased Casa Matilda, an existing restaurant in South Beach, after six months of negotiations.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Playmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmate. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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