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fellows

noun

plural of fellow

as in boyfriends

a male romantic companion most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament

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as in associates

a person frequently seen in the company of another the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime

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as in guys

an adult male human being what does a fellow have to do to get waited on around here? your son is a bright young fellow

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as in halves

either of a pair matched in one or more qualities one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow

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as in colleagues

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field

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Recent Examples of fellows During Thursday's protest, hundreds of resident physicians and fellows demanded negotiators return to the bargaining table. — Payton May, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 This year’s edition will also run its fellowship program, with seven fellows mentored by Bhutanese director Dechen Roder and Indian independent filmmakers Umesh Kulkarni and Dominic Sangma. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 The foundation named its first class of eight fellows last week. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Inevitable Foundation has revealed the six fellows who were selected for its 2026 Accelerate program. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The first yearlong program will start in the 2027-28 season, and will feature two to four fellows, who will spend about six weeks working with each orchestra. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Campus leaders provided training for teaching fellows to facilitate difficult classroom conversations, and funding for student events that bring people of different ideologies and cultures together. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 Poet Layli Long Soldier, a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, is also among this year’s cohort of fellows. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 All five senior fellows are set to appear at an on-campus event Wednesday. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

And, if so, what will happen to all those chatbot boyfriends?

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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But if firms lean on AI to cut lower-level work, the risk is destroying the very avenue of apprenticeship that produces future senior associates and managers.

— Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
More recently, a ProPublica investigation revealed that the FBI had scrutinized dealings between Collins, her associates, and a major donor who ran a defense-contracting firm.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of associates

Noun

Those were the guys that brought home the Astros’ first World Series championship, as Henderson’s Brewers are trying to do for Milwaukee.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Milwaukee also developed such top guys as Brice Turang (1st round), Garrett Mitchell (1st round), Sal Frelick (1st round) and Cooper Pratt (6th round), among others.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

In practice, that means juniors sitting in on meetings to watch colleagues interrogate the numbers, being present when real decisions get made, and gaining experience in different departments.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The letter also urges scrutiny of her staff, donors, and colleagues.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

Lubelo has also persuaded several friends to join the school, becoming something of an ambassador in a community where magic is often frowned upon and associated with witchcraft.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
The series interviews two of Perry’s closest friends — industry pal Kevin Pollak, and his sister Mia Perry Bowick, who eventually became a therapist well-versed in addiction in large part because of her big brother’s struggle.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

The Secret Service found that nearly all of the attacks were carried out by males who acted alone.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Under Coventry, the most notable change came earlier this year, when the IOC explicitly banned biological males from women's sports.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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