companion
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“We are responding with urgency by strengthening our companion animal business, reinforcing our value position and improving productivity across the business,” Lawton said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
This is the idea behind antibiotic adjuvants, which are companion molecules that do not kill bacteria directly but instead restore the power of antibiotics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The richer, more human quality of a recorded voice is like having a virtual companion reading to you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Major AI providers including ByteDance's Doubao, Alibaba's Qwen, and Tencent's Yuanbao announced the suspension of their custom AI agent and companion features ahead of the Wednesday deadline.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
They consulted their village priest, and the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza became the inmate of my parents’ house—my more than sister—the beautiful and adored companion of all my occupations and my pleasures.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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The difference between our two favorite animal companions begins in the eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Most nearby red dwarfs have not yet been systematically examined for concealed white dwarf companions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Roa and his companions initially crawled and then cut a hole to reach the site.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
A video posted on social media the following month apparently shows Asim being found in the snow by other migrants who had been searching for their companions.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
But they stopped when they saw Marina and Militsa, and asked permission to mail bundles of letters their companions had given them.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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It should be companioned with a key and a glossary like the Berlitz books.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
He sat at the end of the table companioned only by his wife, the conservative journalist Barbara Amiel.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
"All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world," she says.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013
Jonah the prophet lived in the desert, daily companioned by such birds and beasts as lions, mice, gazelles and ravens, lying down at night with the gentle foxes of Tob.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So long as roads were passable, and skies at all propitious, Mrs. Edwards was certain to ride to Caerphilly market, companioned by Rhys, less for protection than for his instruction.
From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus
There no other wings may gleam But only yours, companioning my dream In its strange flight up new and radiant ways.
From Eight Harvard Poets by Cummings, E. Estlin
Some take the words "which followed them" to mean that the spiritual rock accompanied the children of Israel, companioning with them—"comitante petra," not "petra consequente," Christ being spiritually present in the word and by faith.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas
Neither Ellaline nor Emily had suggested companioning me, and though I must say I had thought of proposing it to Ellaline, I hadn't found the courage.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
What a noble countenance! at once austere and gracious—haughty and benign—of a man conscious of his greatness while yet companioning with the humble—an unrecognised power dwelling in the woods.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
If all of us sincerely and practically united in trusting and companioning them,—so sincerely as to convince them of the fact—I would have small misgivings.
From The Subterranean Brotherhood by Hawthorne, Julian
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