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as in associates
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 friends
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 communists
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 comrades
The movie is a roughly 90-minute real-time recreation of a real battle that Mendoza and his comrades fought while stationed there.
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Once embedded within this team of intrepid reporters, Tomás learns more about newsgathering and radio broadcasting methods and starts to appreciate the value of what Weiner and his comrades are fighting for.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
This term, the Egyptian King isn’t letting up on those contributions while providing his comrades with plenty of scoring opportunities.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Get ready for non-stop assassin action as chaos ensues in the ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) life of Sakamoto and his comrades!
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
From the start, Lewis’s friends and comrades were amazed by his bravery and discipline.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
That their comrades built effective anti-tank traps is surely cold comfort to the Russian troops who ultimately got caught in the trap.
—David Axe, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Once embedded within this team of intrepid reporters, Tomás learns more about newsgathering and radio broadcasting methods and starts to appreciate the value of what Weiner and his comrades are fighting for.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
This term, the Egyptian King isn’t letting up on those contributions while providing his comrades with plenty of scoring opportunities.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Get ready for non-stop assassin action as chaos ensues in the ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) life of Sakamoto and his comrades!
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
From the start, Lewis’s friends and comrades were amazed by his bravery and discipline.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
That their comrades built effective anti-tank traps is surely cold comfort to the Russian troops who ultimately got caught in the trap.
—David Axe, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrades
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The stones’ distant origins have led Parker Pearson and his colleagues to believe that Stonehenge’s second phase of construction was meant to bring Britain together.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Hosted by the cultural critic Wesley Morris, the series layers musical analysis of Wonder’s songs and insightful interviews with industry colleagues and acolytes.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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The Jets filled the roster with his buddies.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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Vrabel with golfing buddies Kent McMillin (in red hat) and Brent Keally at his Patriots Ring of Honor ceremony in 2023 (left), and back at his home table at Nashville’s Corner Pub.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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We’re cursed with loudmouth, throwback hippie socialists in high places, but Arlington’s a pretty, quiet town bracketed by mountains and made famous by Norman Rockwell, who lived and did his best work here from the 1930s into the ’50s.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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Israel’s first government was led by nationalists and socialists.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
27 Nov. 2024
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Because the robbers were wearing masks, the store clerks also couldn’t conclusively identify Knight or any other accomplices.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Fleury and the Wild were at the rink for their morning skate when Crosby, along with a few accomplices — most likely being former teammates of Fleury's, such as Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, or Bryan Rust — managed to get hold of his room key.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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The husband-and-wife team know that this is also a group effort on the part of their compatriots.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2025
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Only 19 percent of Ukrainians believe that ten years from now their economy will be destroyed and many more of their compatriots will have fled.—
Anton Grushetskyi,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Comrades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrades. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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