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fellows

noun

plural of fellow

as in boyfriends

a male romantic companion most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament

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as in associates

a person frequently seen in the company of another the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime

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as in guys

an adult male human being what does a fellow have to do to get waited on around here? your son is a bright young fellow

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as in halves

either of a pair matched in one or more qualities one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow

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as in colleagues

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field

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Recent Examples of fellows This year’s fellows are Roberto Fatal, Joanna Rothkopf, Said Zagha, and Renee Zhan. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026 The cohort includes documentary fellows Amin Pakparvar and Sara Chishti, writer-directors Gabby Beans, Lydia Matata and Rippin Sindher, and film/TV writer fellows Marisa Francis and Pedro Eiras. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 Assistants—residents, fellows, or advanced practice providers—provide exposure, retraction, and continuity. — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The fellows will receive a stipend for their participation, as well as have their travel and accommodations to Savannah and to Ossabaw covered. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Descriptions of the 2026 fellows’ projects can be found below. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Two or three other fellows were hanging on to the boat by that time. — James D. Oxley, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026 Handy said the center also relied on a $25,000 private donation to fund its summer undergraduate fellows program. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 Its first cohort will include 12 fellows, who will receive a one-time $10,000 grant. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 29 July 2026

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Noun

The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.

— Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
As well as the two ur-bad boyfriends from HBO’s Girls Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver who will portray, respectively, Professor Charles Xavier and Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Beck didn’t participate in the book, but Riesman finds enough friends, family and associates to assemble a complex portrait of an artist who wants his audiences to see him as fashion-forward but has had a hard time shaking his past.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
John Giusti, a chiropractor with an independent practice outside Dallas and Forth Worth, was found dead on Monday, friends and business associates said on social media.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of associates

Noun

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

Noun

In the weeks since her son died during a Fourth of July boating trip with friends, Christine Wells-Wonsley and her husband, Elmore, have become a fixture at the civil rights attorney’s side.

— Ryan Young, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Afterward, a few friends made the half-mile trek east to the Mabee Center on the edge of campus.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

Another global estimate says 11% of females have lipedema, the clinic adds, noting that the condition is rare in males.

— Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Her content is mainly focused on chatting up unsuspecting males in public, whose reactions are secretly filmed.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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