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as in housemate
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Recent Examples of roommate
Here are three ways this imbalance negatively affects the Cinderella roommate.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Amiri was found not guilty of conspiracy and two charges of depriving the rights of a person but was found guilty of illegally releasing his dog on a man while taking his roommate, a former Antioch and Pittsburg police officer who testified against Amiri, on a ride along.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Allison has just broken up with her fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber) and quickly forms a close bond with her new roommate.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
According to court documents released last week, two surviving roommates texted each other that morning about a masked man in the house.
—CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Amiri was found not guilty of conspiracy and two charges of depriving the rights of a person but was found guilty of illegally releasing his dog on a man while taking his roommate, a former Antioch and Pittsburg police officer who testified against Amiri, on a ride along.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Allison has just broken up with her fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber) and quickly forms a close bond with her new roommate.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
According to court documents released last week, two surviving roommates texted each other that morning about a masked man in the house.
—CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
Noun
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The defense listed details of Funke’s and Mortensen’s social media and call activity in the hours following their housemates’ deaths.—
Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Everyone in the study began taking their pills once a day within three days of when their housemate first reported symptoms of COVID-19.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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But when Allie decides to give her ex-fiance a second chance and jilts her new flatmate, Hedra’s demure demeanor begins to shift and increasingly sour.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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Nor is there any depth whatsoever to a host of support characters played by attractive actors who don’t get to do a lot of acting here, perhaps excepting an alternately lively and too-strenuous Ayden Cross as Shaw’s flatmate Ella.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Kirkpatrick and his Myers Park High School classmate, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick, spoke about their entwined family histories.—
Ashley Mahoney,
Axios,
20 Mar. 2025
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The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.—
Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 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 the most recent well-wishes might turn some heads, given who the messages are coming from: arguably Watkins’ and her USC teammates’ biggest rivals, UCLA.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While some owners might opt to add a playmate to the mix, not all cats desire having another pet in the house.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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But craving collaboration and loving my audiences made that same crowd my playmates, my bandmates.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
31 Jan. 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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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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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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