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Recent Examples of messmate
But the bacteria found inside those that received messmate microbes changed a lot.
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BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate.
—Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messmate
Noun
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According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
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And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
Noun
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De La Warr — whose father was a childhood playfellow of Milne’s son Christopher Robin, the inspiration of the Winnie the Pooh stories — owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, which contains the forest known as the Hundred Acre Wood featured in the beloved children’s tales.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Plus, if nothing else, that win was a meaningful testament to his classmates' fond regard for him as a friend.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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According to the complaint, a classmate told another first grade teacher that the 6-year-old student had shown him the firearm during recess.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Taking matters into her own ghostly hands, Ana ventures outside to find the perfect playmate for her sister.—
Caroline Carlson
October 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Oct. 2025
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What’s hinted at is remembering and longing for the past and waking up to your own inner-playmate, no matter your age.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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The team posted a photo of the two of them on X alongside another photo of Ohtani's teammate Mookie Betts and his wife, Brianna Hammonds.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Reed stared down Detroit’s bench as his teammates met him with enthusiasm while Cunningham went the other way in transition.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In July, when the United Nations put out its own plan for surging food and medicine into Gaza in the event of a cease-fire, the State Department was still hiring the people currently coordinating its Gaza relief work, the current federal employee and one of their colleagues told me.—
Hana Kiros,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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This points to a growing public health concern for younger Americans, a population also experiencing similar increases in colorectal cancer diagnoses, added Kim and colleague Aimal Khan, a colon and rectal surgery professor at Vanderbilt.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, some of his comrades don’t receive him warmly.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday’s episode, housemate Jenny Baird asked Glasson whether having kids was part of his life plan.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
15 Oct. 2025
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Rocha also did not take the stand, with the defense using the lead investigator on the case, Kansas City police detective Jeremy Wells, and Rocha’s housemate, Emily Ridout, as their only two witnesses.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Messmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messmate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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