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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police
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as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
we expect to be comrades for the rest of our lives
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as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
a novel about an aging comrade's eventual disenchantment with communism and its excesses
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Recent Examples of comrade
In one version of the recurring dream, his Navy SEAL comrade and friend Elliott Miller doesn’t suffer a traumatic brain injury or lose a leg.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
In the sequel, Maverick has come to his old comrade seeking advice.
—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Here’s the good news, comrades, and a nifty solution for those who want to take in the usual touristic haunts--Disneyland, Universal Studios Tour, etc.--without reaching for the blood pressure pills every ten minutes.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jack Smart, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
In the sequel, Maverick has come to his old comrade seeking advice.
—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Here’s the good news, comrades, and a nifty solution for those who want to take in the usual touristic haunts--Disneyland, Universal Studios Tour, etc.--without reaching for the blood pressure pills every ten minutes.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrade
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Louise Phillips Forbes, an associate broker at Brown Harris Stevens, remembered trying to sell a townhouse like this, at 70 Perry in the West Village, in 2023.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
22 May 2025
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In that case, a lawyer had prepared an outline of the brief for the associates assigned to write it.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Next week, Kerry Morgan, a former friend of Cassie Ventura, is expected to testify in the trial.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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When playing with friends or business associates, which is mostly the way the president plays the game, all sorts of favor-trading can prevail.—
Matthew Purdy,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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One was a novelist, another a proud fascist, another a communist, and another was inexplicably in love with Adolf Hitler, to name a few.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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Taiwan's government, officially the Republic of China, fled to the island after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao's communists in 1949.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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But Xu and her colleagues would need far more evidence than just two people in a trial that enrolled a total of eight, so that research remains ongoing.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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For these more serious cases, Soni and his colleagues work closely with the university’s mental-health center and even walk students to a counselor’s door themselves.—
Cornelia Powers,
The Atlantic,
18 May 2025
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The buddy comedy finds Hopps, the police department’s first rabbit cop, working full-time with Wilde, the sly fox and former grifter.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Photograph: Sabrina Kelly; Getty Images Around the time Smith started working on One Shot, Hay began to suspect that his buddy’s finances were not all in order.—
Kate Knibbs,
Wired News,
20 May 2025
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That was demonstrated on the night before Newsom’s announcement when Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — two East Coast democratic socialists — attracted nearly 30,000 people at an anti-Trump rally in a Republican congressional district near Sacramento.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Many in the audience also came to hear Ocasio-Cortez, 35, a sharp, politically savvy Democratic socialist once at the fringes of the Democratic Party who is now broadening her national appeal.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Her alleged accomplice, Elton Hightower, was arrested on charges of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Boyd allegedly struck the victim with a vehicle before an accomplice shot him in the head, according to the outlet.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The only lights were from a few fellow early risers with their headlamps bobbing around in the dark.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
21 May 2025
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In previous downturns, every additional dollar spent on SNAP generates about $1.54 in returns to the economy, according to Elaine Waxman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute’s tax and income support division.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrade. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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