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confidant

[kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, -duhnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt] / ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt, -dənt, ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt /


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The Miami meeting follows visits to Moscow and Kyiv last month by Witkoff, a longtime Trump confidant, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, as Washington seeks to revive negotiations that have yielded little progress.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

How does one cultivate the abilities necessary to become that confidant?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Fellow lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a confidant of Le Pen, said that the AfD had taken positions that were "against the interests of France".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Rocha Moya, 77, is a longtime stalwart of Mexico’s ruling Morena party and confidant of ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftist who founded Morena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Meg was Amy’s confidant and monitor, and by some strange attraction of opposites Jo was gentle Beth’s.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

He also has complained to confidants that the interim peace deal was ultimately meaningless, officials said, and that he always knew it wasn’t going to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Valor Equity Partners is the VC firm run by Antonio Gracias, a SpaceX director and one of Musk’s confidants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Since that unforgettable US Open run, Raducanu has shown she plays better when surrounded by long-time confidants who she trusts implicitly.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

If he believes it would be better to throw his confidants under a bus, his past actions show he will do so eagerly.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

Dessie, who had more friends than anyone in the whole valley, had no confidants.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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