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buddy

noun

ˈbə-dē

Definition of buddy

as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to

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Recent Examples of buddy MacKinnon improved to 12-6-3 when playing against Crosby, his good buddy from Nova Scotia. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Which is why golf buddies Tyler Kenney and Zach Smith founded Laced Golf, a digital device that clips onto your shoelaces and gives you real-time feedback on your stance using lights and haptic vibration. — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Keith David, Macon Blair, Killer Mike, Cody Lightning, Siena East, and Michael Hitchcock all return as some of Lee’s Tulsa-area buddies, employees, and resentful acquaintances. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 Mitt’s old fishing buddy Hewey (John Ortiz) tells Jay that his father plunged into the ocean at the edge of a steep underwater canyon off Monastery Beach, so that’s where Jay is headed. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for buddy

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Noun

But two years ago, Gyles Brandreth, an author and friend of Christopher's, traveled to New York as an emissary of Queen Camilla hoping to arrange an anniversary stay at Buckingham Palace for the 105-year-old fleecy emigres.

— STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Lee recruited a friend to help move the box to her bedroom, but the setup itself took less than 10 minutes.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of friend

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The New Mexico attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two of Jeffrey Epstein's closest confidants, seeking to stop them from receiving payments for serving as executors of his estate.

— Graham Kates, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The next target was Meese, Reagan’s Presidential counsellor and close confidant.

— Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of confidant

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