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playfellow

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as in playmate

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Noun

For kids, anger often shows up when something doesn’t go their way—like when a playmate grabs their toy.

— Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026
The former model was the Playboy Playmate was the 2004 playmate of the year.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026

Definition of playmate

Noun

Despite Bret’s passionate insistence that his classmate is a serial killer, Croft tells him Robert is a good kid from a good family and sends him back to class.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
On the cool, overcast October day of my matriculation into the university in 2019, my classmates and I walked onto Selwyn College’s Old Court, excited and taking pictures of each other in our traditional robes.

— Jill Damatac, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of classmate

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The dramatic recipe involves equal parts literary ambition, risk-taking, and chutzpah, with a dash of substance abuse, cooked on the high heat of adolescent lust that brings Tony to Provincetown in pursuit of a schoolmate named Nancy (Emilia Jones).

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Her schoolmate, Curtis Mehlberg, follows her, and both are able to enter that magical world.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026

Definition of schoolmate

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Television cameras caught him talking in the dugout to veteran teammate Sal Frelick.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
In May and June, Grannell made other threats toward former Special Forces teammates via text, phone and on his Instagram account, according to the complaint.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of teammate

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Carlile shared the stage with Parton, and her colleagues in the Highwomen, at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
My colleague Bruce Feldman has been talking up the Wolfpack all offseason, due in large part to stud QB CJ Bailey and RB Duke Scott, who had 947 all-purpose yards as a freshman.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

Now, in Season 2, Issa is on the lookout for signs that her boyfriend is crushing on another housemate, while Anton and Paul Baker keep a watchful eye on one another, as much to quell further flirtation as to savor it.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026
Julie Chen Moonves returned to host another live eviction of Big Brother, where a second housemate exited the house.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 July 2026

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