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housemate

noun

Definition of housemate

as in roommate

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Recent Examples of housemate 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 Simple words with a sibling or housemate work better than guesses. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026 Rearrange one area, clear a surface, or have a simple talk with a housemate about chores so everything runs more smoothly. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026 The season also introduced Garrett's teammates and housemates, John Logan (Antonio Cipriano), John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Dean DiLaurentis (Stephen Kalyn), as well as Hannah's best friend Allie (Mika Abdalla). — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for housemate

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Noun

Instead, Stappenbeck testified, Mumby’s roommate called and told her to go to the hospital because there had been a crash.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
As one of their first witnesses, prosecutors called Karena Rosario, who found her roommate's lifeless, battered body.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of roommate

Noun

Maybe not, but like its classmate, Curry Barker’s Obsession (now on Peacock), this extremely strong debut of a young YouTube auteur seems just as historically significant as some of the other innovations here.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
After the woman refused to speak with him again, Hudson sent images of the assault to one of her former classmates.

— Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of classmate

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Conwell has already made a strong impression on his new Heat coaches and teammates with his maturity after his four-year college career.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Ten seconds into the game, Gray curled off the right wing and took a pass from teammate Jordin Canada at the top of the key.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of teammate

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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

Noun

The father of Jessica’s shipmate, Joshua Aviles, also was detained by immigration agents, before later being released, according to his family.

— Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
But a surviving shipmate heard the message and passed it on to Gómez Roca’s deputy, Lieutenant Commander Sergio Bazán, who headed toward Puerto Deseado.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of shipmate

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Wang failed her first attempt to defend her dissertation and became envious of her colleague's success in discovering how to deliver RNA to human cells using bacteria, Gomelsky told The Associated Press.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

Busy Bar started with a cardboard box with an LED strip as a stoplight to let coworkers know you’re occupied.

— Nina Elder, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings has acknowledged that disagreeing with a boss or coworker doesn’t come naturally to most people.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of coworker

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