running mate

noun

Definition of running matenext
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 Then again, rarely in that time has Curry ever had a running mate who does the things that Butler does. — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025 During the 2024 campaign, Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, incessantly blasted Joe Biden’s administration over the price of household staples such as meat, produce, milk and eggs. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 In August 2024, Driscoll spoke to PBS’ Frontline about his friendship with Vance to offer insights into Vance’s path from Yale to being Trump’s pick as a running mate. — Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2025 Vance, Trump quipped during his remarks, survived the transition and media scrutiny of going from an Ohio senator to his running mate. — Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for running mate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for running mate
  1. associate
  2. colleague
  3. friend
  4. buddy
  5. peer
Noun
  • Marie Cohen is author of the blog Child Welfare Monitor and a senior project associate at Lives Cut Short.
    — Marie Cohen, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Andrew Warren, senior associate for policy and research at the Financial Health Network, who studies the financial circumstances of Americans with disabilities, said that the vast majority of people surveyed for a 2023 report by the organization did not know these accounts existed.
    — Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of associate
Noun
  • In this mostly fictional version, the reclusive Omara has to decide whether or not to come back from retirement and record with her old colleagues from the fervent Cuban years, thus confronting those ghosts.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • My recent work with colleagues in computer scientist Pamela Wisniewski’s Socio-Technical Interaction Research Lab underscores a critical point: social media is neither inherently harmful nor entirely beneficial.
    — Abdulmalik Alluhidan, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • In the movie, the actress plays the titular Zoe, the late friend and consistent voice in her head to Afghanistan war veteran Merit, played by Sonequa Martin-Green.
    — Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Multiple friends and family members of Natasha’s were seen at the hospital hours before her death was announced, including her mother and actress Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson, actress Lauren Bacall and her husband, Liam.
    — Kayla Keegan, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of friend
Noun
  • On the high school travel circuit, Cooper Flagg eschewed the more nationally dominant club teams to suit up, along with his brother and their buddies, for Maine United.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Simeon Entertainment is currently casting Lost Weekend, a buddy comedy based on a true John Lennon story directed by comedy auteur Frank Coraci (Wedding Singer).
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of buddy
Noun
  • One study found that, compared with their dating peers, students who dated very infrequently or not at all over a seven-year period were seen by their teachers as having better leadership and social skills, and reported fewer symptoms of depression.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Historically, Black teens were thought to be more insulated from suicide risk than their white peers.
    — Katia Riddle, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of peer

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