CAMP FOLLOWERS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

camp followers

noun

plural of camp follower

as in satellites

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SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers throughout the past year, with each satellite now dodging debris and other spacecraft on an almost weekly basis.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
The more a workload requires coordination or synchronization between satellites, the more satellite-to-satellite latency becomes an issue.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Definition of satellites

Noun

Chicago dog disciples will find their favorite food there, too.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Obeying Christ, the soon-to-be disciples got a hands-on lesson in the power of deeper, more humble prayers rather than surface-level efforts.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of disciples

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Crosby can… um… provide funny reaction shots when henchmen get killed!

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
One of the villain’s henchmen was a small, shaggy blue creature with a long drooping snout and a sour expression that lived in a cigar box.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

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But experts and adherents alike warn that this idea fails to reckon with how different traditions and worldviews can often contradict one another.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Since the administration kicked off its anti-AI doomerism social media campaign, taking particular aim at EA and its adherents’ belief that AI carries a high risk of ending humanity—anti-AI sentiment seems to have grown.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of adherents

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The discovery raises the possibility of a grim outcome in the search for the four men, which has led to El Salvador deploying 450 special forces soldiers to Haiti as of Friday to aid the gang-fighting force in the search.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
In May 2024, The War Zone examined Chinese state television video showing soldiers taking cover from first-person-view (FPV) drones, using a net-catching projectile, and demonstrating a handheld jammer.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of soldiers

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For its sycophants, LIV Golf was a new flavor in the vanilla world of professional golf.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Our state is under siege by the skilled sycophants who surround the president and use his base desires as cover for their own destructive agendas.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sycophants

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For Burr, that his character, in reality, had been replaced by corporate lackeys explains so much of what’s wrong with the world.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026
These are perfunctory roles by definition, so lackeys of one kind or another are often favored.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lackeys

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