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Recent Examples of companionate
This kind of familiarity—a way of talking through the screen, jostling past even the most interesting particulars set forward in a script—can make a performer a kind of alien, companionate presence onscreen.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
That lovingness matches, in a weird way, the tone of Death’s monologues, which, despite a constant Catskills-esque patter of dark jokes about the daily vagaries and indignities of his work, often sound like a companionate essay by Jacobs-Jenkins.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
These examples make a case for animals having emotional attachments, not unlike companionate love in humans.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021
That’s because companionate love (for a long-term partner), romantic love and lust are orchestrated by three different brain systems, which operate in tandem.
—Dina Cheney, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2020
Yet the weight of transcendent meaning and mysticism which gets transferred from divinity to companionate marriage here (as everywhere else in our world) seems a cruelly heavy burden upon intimate life.
—Mark Greif, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2016
Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
That lovingness matches, in a weird way, the tone of Death’s monologues, which, despite a constant Catskills-esque patter of dark jokes about the daily vagaries and indignities of his work, often sound like a companionate essay by Jacobs-Jenkins.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
These examples make a case for animals having emotional attachments, not unlike companionate love in humans.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021
That’s because companionate love (for a long-term partner), romantic love and lust are orchestrated by three different brain systems, which operate in tandem.
—Dina Cheney, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2020
Yet the weight of transcendent meaning and mysticism which gets transferred from divinity to companionate marriage here (as everywhere else in our world) seems a cruelly heavy burden upon intimate life.
—Mark Greif, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionate
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With these efforts, the true potential of AI and ML can be realized, leading to a harmonious balance between technological progress and environmental stewardship.—
Shravanthi Kallem,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Read the full Libra Daily Horoscope Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Feeling strong and harmonious?—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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This ensures that every coaching session stays focused on your growth, not on trying to maintain a balanced exchange.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The White House leader had nevertheless previously signaled that a deal could be worked out with Britain, which has a much more balanced trading relationship with the U.S. — CNBC’s Silvia Amaro contributed reporting to this story.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.—
Simon Tay,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2010
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Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.—
Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
22 May 2024
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At home, the atmosphere was decorous, curious, gentle; outside, the culture of the nineteen-fifties was tougher, valorizing war and papering over a darker, more furtive kind of violence.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Aside from a series of gruesome martyr scenes frescoed on the interior wall of the second ring in the late 16th century, the décor reflects late Imperial taste for decorous abstraction and costly materials.—
David Laskin,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Hannah is a sustainability consultant and climate impact manager, which is congruous with an outdoor ethos and the culture around bike guiding.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes,
3 Sep. 2024
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On the pool deck, a minimalist railing acts as a congruous border to this backyard retreat.—
Rachel Silva,
ELLE Decor,
24 May 2023
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During those two seasons with the Brewers, Urias hit .244 with 20 homers and a respectable .766 OPS in 269 games.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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In reality, Amad’s absence means ambitions to finish the campaign strongly and climb to a slightly more respectable position are remote.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Bowman may want to make a call if the organization feels the current group of veterans doesn’t provide enough satisfactory options for the skill lines.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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His messages online sound all too typical of the brash and bratty computer techies who seem to think insults are satisfactory entertainment for their followers.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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If polling is correct, the tiny Die Linke party, on the far left, seems likely to make it.—
Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Ferguson’s instincts were correct, for the first hour at least.—
Mark Critchley,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Companionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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