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roommate

[room-mayt, room-] / ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /
NOUN
companion
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“There’s plenty of roommate stories still out there to tell, and there’s no shortage of exes,” Childs said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Live with a parent, rent a small apartment with a roommate or two, or even better, buy a duplex and rent out the other side to help pay the mortgage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Karnofsky was once Amodei's roommate, and is now married to his sister Daniela, who co-founded Anthropic with him.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Alex Hubben made it a priority, and he was willing to take on a roommate to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

When she’d finished another roommate, Megan, cleared her throat.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The actor received a Teen Choice Award nomination for his work on “New Girl,” which starred Zooey Deschanel and followed a group of roommates navigating relationships and careers in Los Angeles.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

A company later acquired the home but also didn’t make repairs, pushing Raj and her roommates out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Co-founders Conner Galloway and Alexander Valys met in 2004 as undergraduate roommates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Freeman, on the other hand, started the season in triple A. But that didn’t split up the roommates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

But at least one of my three roommates seemed completely charged up by the experience.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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