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companion

[kuhm-pan-yuhn] / kəmˈpæn jən /


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Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

An artist's impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion behind, with the diameters shown to scale.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

During one ocean swim at Isabela Island, my travel companion Ofek emerged from the water to find a few tropical penguins floating beside him.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

A California senator introduced companion legislation that would also prohibit contracts about “an individual’s death.”

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

As the pale fingers of dawn crept across the sky Matthias was beginning to doubt that his companion knew the way.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Most nearby red dwarfs have not yet been systematically examined for concealed white dwarf companions.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

But these digital companions have allowed Petherbridge to cut back on how often she does in-person therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Visibly exhausted, Ronnie looks at his companions who continue to remove debris.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Grindr has expanded beyond casual dating, allowing people to find friends, travel companions and others in the LGBTQ+ community.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

Ella was used to all different sorts of conjure companions, like roosters and dogs and lizards, but snakes always terrified her a little at first.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

L'Enfant, a favored one, constantly companioned by such birds and beasts as cats, bats, dragonflies and a squirrel, is untransfigured by the gentleness that attends his living, hut ridden with black bile and curious humors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pelée; rode on creole ponies for days through scented chromatic forests with serrated heights frowning above them, and companioned by birds as vivid as the flowers and as silent.

From The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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

It was made up of four deep, parallel ruts, the two outermost eroded by years of journeying cart-wheels, the inner ones worn by the companioning hoofs of many a yoke of oxen.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Almost too busy to write, my dears, what with cooking and catering and maiding and companioning.

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

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

My own toy fawn pugs loved their comforts too much to be perfect dogs for companioning a person of active outdoor habits, but they were sweet-tempered, gentle things, and, as such, to be commended.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie




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